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Over 800 in isolation as 71 new cases recorded

September 16th, 2021

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory has reported 71 new cases out of the 2,132 tests conducted on Wednesday, September 15th.

The new cases comprise 33 females and 38 males. 21 are under the age of 18, while 50 are 18 and older.

The number of people in isolation is 828.

Barbados has recorded 6,248 confirmed cases of the virus (3,119 females and 3,129 males).

The public health laboratory has performed 290,232 tests.

A total of 123,255 first doses have been administered under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. To date, 96,715 people (35.7% of the population) have received their second dose and are fully vaccinated

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