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COVID cases pass 300-mark

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Four visitors, all of whom were asymptomatic, were positive for COVID-19 on Monday after undergoing a second test.

They include two women, aged 42 and 37, who arrived on American Airlines on December 10 and 11. The other cases are a 53-year-old man who came in on Virgin Atlantic on December 12, and a 31-year-old man who arrived on British Airways on December 13.

Theirs were among the 864 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.

Additionally, no one was released from Isolation. The new cases bring the number of people in isolation to 20.

Barbados has recorded 301 cases to date – 156 females and 145 males.  Overall, 274 people recovered from the viral illness and there were seven deaths.

The public health laboratory has completed 56 097 tests. (BGIS)

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