Barbados hits new high in daily COVID numbers as 318 cases recorded

318 new cases of COVID-19 – 159 males and 159 females – were recorded out of the 2,786 tests done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Lab yesterday, October 4th.

The new positives consist of 69 people under the age of 18, and 249 people who are 18 years and older.

There are 926 people in isolation facilities. This figure does not include those persons isolating at home.

Two Barbadians, a 92-year-old woman, who had no known co-morbidities, and a 96-year-old man with a pre-existing condition, died from the virus on Monday, while at the Blackman and Gollop and Harrison Point isolation facilities, respectively. Both were unvaccinated. Tests results received on Monday, also confirmed that an 82-year-old woman, who passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday, died from COVID-19. She had co-morbidities and was also unvaccinated.

The viral illness has claimed 84 lives.

Barbados has recorded 9,523 confirmed cases of the virus (4,657 males and 4,866 females) since the start of the pandemic in March last year.

The public health laboratory carried out 329,273 tests since February 2020.

Under the National Vaccination Programme, 139,149 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. Additionally, 108,222 people, or 39.9% of the population, have received second doses and are fully vaccinated.

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