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Four more COVID-19 deaths; toll at 244

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Barbados has now recorded 244 deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) after four people passed away between Monday, December 6, and Tuesday, December 7.

On Monday, a woman, aged 61, passed away at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility.  Additionally, three people died on Tuesday.  A 61-year-old man succumbed to the viral illness at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility, an 87-year-old man passed away at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and a 93-year-old man died at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility.

They were all unvaccinated.

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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