COVID-19 UPDATE from Office of Director of Health Services

Today's update from the Office of the Director of Health Services. A record number of samples were processed today for a total of 437 tests. There are 58 newly diagnosed COVID cases for a positivity rate of 13.7%. They are distributed as follows:

Corozal - 11 (5 Town, 2 Carolina, 1 Santa Clara, 1 Caledonia, 1 San Andres, 1 San Joaquin)
Orange Walk - 19 (9 Town, 4 San Jose, 2 Trial Farm, 1 San Pablo, 1 San Estevan, 1 San Felipe, 1 from San Roman CZL but swabbed at NRH)
Belize - 5 (2 City, 1 San Pedro, 1 Hattieville, 1 from San Felipe swabbed in City)
Cayo - 10 (2 Belmopan, 1 Roaring Creek, 2 San Ignacio, 1 Santa Elena, 2 Camp Belizario Central Farm, 1 Blackman Eddy, 1 Bullet Tree Falls)
Stann Creek = 13 (7 Georgetown, 2 Cowpen, 1 Hopkins, 3 from Bella Vista swabbed in Independence).

There were 70 recovered persons so that our active cases now stand at 37.5%.

The KHMH COVID-19 has one ventilated patient and has 6 other patients including its' first pediatric case now hospitalized, a child of 6 years referred from the Northern Regional Hospital.

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