This is out data for today.
A total of 415 samples… were processed for RT-PCR and a 121 new cases were identified. This is a positivity rate of 29.2%.
They are distributed as follows:
Corozal – 47 (11 Town, 4 San Roman, 4 Xaibe, 3 San Andres, 3 San Joaquin, 3 San Narciso, 2 Santa Clara, 2 San Pedro Village, 2 Progresso, 2 Patchakan, 1 Buena Vista, 1 Calcutta, 1 Caledonia, 1 Chan Chen, 1 Ranchito, 1 Chunox, 2 from OW Town, 1 from San Jose Palmar OW, 1 from San Ignacio CY, 1 from Camalote CY)
Orange Walk – 20 (8 Town, 2 Yo Creek, 2 San Estevan, 2 San Pablo, 2 San Jose, 2 Guinea Grass, 1 Douglas, 1 from San Pedro Town)
Belize – 27 (10 City, 3 Kolbe, 1 PGIA from family cluster, 2 Lord’s Bank, 2 Hattieville, 1 Western Pines, 1 La Democracia, 1 Double Head Cabbage, 1 San Pedro, 1 Sandhill, 3 from OW Town, 1 from Yo Creek OW)
Cayo – 23 (3 Belmopan, 4 San Ignacio, 1 Santa Elena, 5 San Jose Succotz, 5 Santa Familia, 1 Roaring Creek, 1 Bullet Tree Falls, 1 Valley of Peace, 1 Buena Vista, 1 Douglas Da Silva Camp)
Stann Creek – 1 Georgetown
Toledo – 3 (1 Punta Gorda, 1 San Pedro Columbia, 1 from Belmopan)
There are 51 recoveries to report, this means that 35.5% of our cases remain active.
We have 4 deaths to report in the last 24 hours, 2 males and 2 females.
One male in his 40s died at the Northern Regional Hospital after being hospitalized for approximately 12 hrs; he had underlying medical conditions; the second male was in his 70s and also had underlying conditions, he died at a private facility in Belize City. One female died at KHMH’s COVID-19 unit, she had been referred from the Northern Regional Hospital. The second female was swabbed post mortem as she died outside of the hospital but was a close contact of a confirmed case. Our case fatality rate now stands at 1.66%.
The cases reported in this infographic reflect only samples reported via the RT-PCR platform. Given the different testing platforms being introduced now, the data as presented will be taking a different format with the intent to continue to provide timely information for all.
The 90 cases identified at Kolbe via rapid testing (and all other rapid test results) will be reported via a separate platform. See More