323 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Barbados recorded 323 new COVID-19 cases (131 males and 192 females) from the 926 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, August 11th.

Of the positive cases, 51 people are under the age of 18, and 272 are 18 years and older.

There were 75 people in isolation facilities, while 4,233 were in home isolation.

The public health laboratory has conducted 741,143 tests since February 2020, and recorded 97,104 COVID-19 cases (43,940 males and 53,164 females).

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of people with at least one dose is 163,033 (71.4 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of fully vaccinated people is 154,150 (56.9 per cent of the total population or 67.5 per cent of the eligible population).

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