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Barbados recorded another COVID-19 case on Sunday.

A 37-year-old male visitor, who arrived on British Airways on December 11, returned a positive result on the second test. He was asymptomatic.

His was the only positive test among the 799 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, bringing the confirmed cases of the viral illness to 297 – 154 females and 143 males.

One person was released from isolation on Monday, which brings the total of recovered people to 273, and those in isolation to 17.

Seven people have died.

The public health laboratory has completed 55 233 tests. (BGIS)

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