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Three more COVID-19 deaths; toll at 249

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Two women and a man died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, December 9.

The youngest was a 43-year-old woman who passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department. She was unvaccinated.

A man, aged 90, also died at the Accident and Emergency Department. He was unvaccinated. The third death was that of a 94-year-old woman, who succumbed to the illness at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility. She was partially vaccinated.

COVID-19 related deaths have now reached 249.

Minister of Health and Wellness, The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, has extended condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. (BGIS)

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