Barbados recorded 508 new COVID-19 cases (213 males and 295 females) on Friday, August 5th, from the 1,256 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
The positive cases comprise 63 people under the age of 18, and 445 who are 18 years and older. There were 76 people in isolation facilities, while 3,196 were in home isolation.
The public health laboratory has conducted 734,354 tests since February 2020, and recorded 94,601 COVID-19 cases (42,952 males and 51,649 females).
Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of people with at least one dose is 162,990 (71.4 per cent of the eligible population).
The total number of fully vaccinated people is 154,076 (56.9 per cent of the total population or 67.5 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those who are 12 years and older.
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