Bequia this Week - 17th December - 23rd December 2021
A handy calendar of events, aptly entitled "Bequia This Week", is published on-line for this small Caribbean island every Friday with daily updates, giving information about what's on where and when, including Covid-19 info.
A handy calendar of events, aptly entitled "Bequia This Week", is published on-line for this small Caribbean island every Friday with daily updates, giving information about what's on where and when, including Covid-19 info.
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An 80-year-old male with no underlying conditions, tested positive for COVID-19 on <strong>December</strong><br />
18 th , <strong>2021</strong>, was admitted to the isolation ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and died later<br />
that day of COVID-19 pneumonia.<br />
Both patients were unvaccinated. Their deaths bring the death toll from COVID-19 to seventynine<br />
(79).<br />
COVID-19 SUMMARY<br />
Twelve (12) recoveries were noted over the reporting period. Five hundred and eighty-two (582)<br />
cases are currently active and seventy-nine (79) persons with COVID-19 have died. Five thousand,<br />
seven hundred and eighty-four (5784) cases of COVID-19 and five thousand and one hundred and<br />
twenty-three (5123) recoveries have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March<br />
2020.<br />
In view of the confirmed presence of the Delta, Mu and Gamma variants in the community and<br />
the significant increase in the number of new infections, transmission, severe COVID-19 disease<br />
and deaths, strict enforcement and compliance with all protocols and recommendations by<br />
everyone is strongly recommended. The correct and consistent use of masks, avoidance of crowds,<br />
physical distancing, proper hand sanitizing and immunization with available vaccines have all been<br />
proven to significantly reduce the risk of being infected, getting sick and or dying from the<br />
COVID-19 virus.<br />
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