[b]COVID-19 UPDATE[/b

We did have a 5th confirmed death related to COVID-19, the patient passed away earlier at KHMH's ICU where she had been for a week fighting complications related to COVID-19.

Two other patients remained hospitalized in the ICU connected to a ventilator and two other persons are with supplementary oxygen. One person was discharged earlier today.

KHMH is also anticipating a referral from Corozal as a highly suspect case.

Given that a third batch of samples were being processed late today and in order to provide those results to the different regions and patients, we will be publishing the infographic with all the relevant data Thursday morning.

The Epidemiology Unit and the contact tracing teams across all four regions will continue to work on the data so as to provide more detailed information that will accompany the infographic.

Please continue to stay safe all.

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Latest COVID Numbers Show almost 1,000% Increase In 16 Days

And, there's no let-up for San Pedro - the island town had 30 positive tests coming out of the 78 new cases identified in yesterday's round of testing 311 samples.
The breakdown shows 25 cases in the Belize District excluding San Pedro, one case in the Stann Creek District, 7 cases in the Corozal District, 15 cases in the Cayo District, at least 8 of them in Belmopan,

Notably, with 553 confirmed cases, the number of positive cases in Belize has increased by just about 1,000%, or ten times since August first.

There are 511 active cases and two of them remain hospitalized in the ICU connected to a ventilator while two other persons are with supplementary oxygen. One person was discharged earlier today.

KHMH is also anticipating a referral from Corozal as a highly suspect case.

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