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Six visitors tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday, out of the 969 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.

They are females, aged 33 and 38, who arrived on December 28 on Virgin Atlantic; and a 51-year-old female, who was in contact with a known case.  In addition, three people tested positive on their second tests: a 30-year-old male, who came in on Virgin Atlantic on December 27; and two females, aged 11 and 30, who arrived on British Airways on December 20 and 27.  They were all asymptomatic.

Confirmed cases now stand at 371 – 200 females and 171 males.  Two people were released from isolation today. Recoveries have risen to 307. There are 57 people in isolation.

Seven people have died.

The laboratory has performed 68 678 tests. (BGIS)

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