PRESS RELEASE

August 11, 2020

This is our data for today, a total of 84 samples have been processed, the last remaining batch will be processed throughout the night.

In this batch we have a total of 33 positive cases with the breakdown as follows:

– 31 cases in San Pedro (related to the three active clusters)
– 1 case in Belize City (related to a previously identified cases in Belmopan)
– 1 case in Belmopan (related to a previously identified case in Belmopan).

We currently have two hospitalized cases.

We should note that we currently have 10 out the 176 active cases in health staff (6 from private sector / 4 in the public sector) with the majority of these cases linked to interaction outside of the health care setting.

Please continue to exercise all necessary precautions at all times, both within the work setting, the family environment and in the public setting.

We should be providing further updates before midday tomorrow.

Stay safe all, we have a curve to flatten!

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