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Barbados records 70th COVID-19 death

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Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George said during a news conference on Wednesday, a 52-year-old man died from COVID-19 while in the primary isolation section at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility on Tuesday night.

His death brings to 70, the number of people that have died from the viral illness in Barbados.

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