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COVID-19 UPDATE: FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF NEGATIVE TESTS

COVID-19 UPDATE: FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF NEGATIVE TESTS

April 19, 2020
10:58 pm

Thirty-five persons tested negative for COVID-19 yesterday, including two who will be released from isolation today after two negative test results within a 48-hour period.

This is the fourth consecutive day that Barbados has recorded no new cases of the viral illness. The tally of infected persons remains at 75 out of a total of 1035 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory since February 11.

Barbados has recorded five deaths since April 4. There are 51 persons in isolation.

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