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Eight males and eight females are the latest people to be diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 1 145 tests on Sunday, August 22.

There are currently 161 people in isolation.

Since the start of the pandemic, Barbados recorded 4 668 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (2 279 females and 2 89 males). The virus claimed 48 lives.

The public health laboratory carried out 250 010 tests to date.

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, 103 200 people received first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 90 675 or 33.5 per cent of the population, were given second doses and are fully vaccinated. (BGIS)

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