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Female visitor tests positive three days after arrival

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A 27-year-old female visitor who arrived on American Airlines on November 16 with a negative test was the only positive COVID-19 result among 285 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.

Meanwhile, two persons will be discharged from isolation today.

There are now five people in isolation; 241 others have recovered and confirmed cases now stand at 253, comprising 134 females and 119 males. There were seven deaths since the first case was diagnosed in Barbados.

The laboratory has conducted 43 420 tests to date. (BGIS)

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