Barbados recorded 31 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, March 4, and 39 people have recovered from the viral illness.
The new positive cases were identified from among the 588 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Â There were 490 active cases of COVID-19, as of Thursday.
The 31 new cases comprise 12 women and 19 men. Â Fourteen of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment to determine whether they were newly positive, or had COVID-19 in the past and were no longer infectious. Of the 17 other cases, 15 are Barbadians and two are non-nationals.
Barbados has recorded 3 217 confirmed cases – 1 516 females and 1 701 males – and 2 690 people have recovered. Thirty-seven people have died from COVID-19.
The public health laboratory has so far completed 128 879 tests.
On Thursday, 1 456 people were vaccinated, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19.
To date, a total of 46 442 vaccinations have been administered – 19 593 men and 26 849 women. (BGIS)
