COVID UPDATES August 28 2021

Attorney General Dale Marshall addressed the nation during the August 28, 2021 update by Government officials on COVID management in Barbados.

Attorney General Dale Marshall

Dr Ingrid Cumberbatch

The latest COVID-19 death is a 58-year-old woman who passed away this morning.
She was in isolation for eight days.
She had no comorbidities and was not vaccinated.
Barbados has now recorded 49 COVID-19 deaths.
This is the first death since July 8.
Recent cases
- August 25: 21 cases (7 less than 18 years old)
- August 26: 48 cases (8 less than 18 years old)
- August 27: 92 cases (26 less than 18 years old)

More children are getting infected
If you are sick with the cold, sinus problems, flu-like symptoms, vomiting, do not stay home sick, do not go to work, do not take your child to day care.
Go to the doctor, get a COVID-19 test.
It is clear that the majority of infected people are unvaccinated.
95 per cent of those testing positive on August 25 were unvaccinated.
85 per cent of those testing positive on August 26 were unvaccinated.
We are seeing entire families and households being affected.
On August 25, there were three families.
On August 26, there were six families.
On August 27, there were 13 families.
My picture painting for the next week is based on projections from UWI who assisted us in looking at having a mixture of Alpha and Delta cases.
They gave a projection of a maximum of 500 cases a day.
We haven’t seen that yet, but it is a possibility.

Ronald Chapman

People are becoming infected in two categories – recreational and places of work.
We are finding that COVID isn’t spreading in the front offices of stores and supermarkets etc.
It is spreading in back offices, store rooms and where staff congregate.
We are having issues with churches and this has to do with close contact, confined spaces and crowds.
Once you have those three Cs come together, you increase your chances of getting COVID.