COVID-19 UPDATE
This is our data for today.
A total of 172 samples have been processed with 60 positive cases.
The preliminary breakdown we have so far is as follows:
– 1 case in Independence
– 1 case in Caye Caulker
– 3 cases in Belmopan (linked to previous case and one with a link to San Pedro)
– 4 cases in Cayo District (1 in Duck Run, 2 in Succotz – all 4 cases linked to San Pedro)
– 12 cases in Corozal (linked to previous cases and some to San Pedro)
– 16 cases in Belize City (for the most part linked to San Pedro)
– 23 cases in Orange Walk District (in San Jose, San Felipe, Guinea Grass, San Pablo – mostly linked to construction site in San Pedro)
For now, we have 6 patients hospitalized as follows:
– 1 in Corozal
– 1 in Orange Walk
– 1 in Dangriga
– 3 at KHMH (one person intubated)
We have also had a delivery in a patient that is positive.
Please continue to be safe and practice all prevention measures with all persons around you.
It depends on a collective effort to flatten this curve!
