COVID-19 claims 7 more lives

An additional seven COVID-19 related deaths – three men and four women – were recorded between Tuesday, November 2nd and today.

The deceased were all Barbadians.

Four of them died yesterday – two women, aged 62 and 91, who were isolated at the Harrison’s Point and Queen’s College Isolation Facilities, and two men, aged 72 and 81, who passed away while in isolation at the Blackman and Gollop and Queen’s College Isolation Facilities. They were unvaccinated.

A 61 year old fully vaccinated man, and two women, aged 33 and 53, who were both unvaccinated, died at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility today.

The number of people who have succumbed to the virus to date is 167.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, has extended condolences to their loved ones.