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Grenada confirms community spread of COVID-19

August 28th, 2021

Grenada’s Ministry of Health has confirmed there is community spread of COVID-19 in the country.

This was revealed yesterday by Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shawn Charles, who said that the patterns emerging from the current spike in COVID-19 cases points to this.

Prior to this, Grenada recorded specific clusters of positive cases which were either directly linked to an imported case or a traced contact of a confirmed case.

Statistics from the Ministry of Health show that 21 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

The total number of active cases in Grenada now stands at 126.

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