Barbados recorded 21 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, March 6, while 61 people have recovered and were released from isolation.
The new cases were identified out of the 475 tests completed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The number of active cases is 433.
The 21 positive people comprise ten women and 11 men. Â Nine 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. The other 12 people are Barbadians.
Barbados has recorded 3 285 confirmed cases – 1 550 females and 1 735 males – and 2 815 people have recovered. There have been 37 deaths from COVID-19.
The public health laboratory has completed 130 064 tests, since February 2020.
There were 393 people vaccinated on Saturday, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19.
To date, a total of 48 886 vaccinations have been administered – 20 549 men and 28 337 women. (BGIS)
