COVID-19 update:
This is our data for today.
A further 172 samples were processed today with 32 new cases identified.
The preliminary breakdown is as follows:
– 1 case in Belize City
– 10 cases in Corozal District (includes repatriated cases and cases in previously identified clusters)
– 21 in Orange Walk District (related to previously identified clusters in Shipyard and construction site)
We had one death – person diagnosed with SARS-CoV2.
We have 3 recovered cases.
We have 2 patients intubated and critically ill at the KHMH ICU.
As we move through the weekend, we anticipate clearing up all the backlog of samples from the Central Medical Laboratory.
Please continue exercising all the necessary precautions under new norms.
Stay safe all.
