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COVID-19 UPDATE: FIVE RECOVERIES, FOUR LEFT IN ISOLATION

COVID-19 UPDATE: FIVE RECOVERIES, FOUR LEFT IN ISOLATION

June 3, 2020
5:44 pm

MHW Barbados COVID-19 Dashboard June 03, 2020

Five people will leave isolation today after recovering from COVID-19. Their departure leaves just four people at the Harrison Point, St. Lucy facility, since no one tested positive among the 81 tests carried out yesterday.

The number of people who have recovered from the viral illness has now increased to 81. A total of 92 persons, 49 females and 43 males, were diagnosed since March 16. Of these, seven died.

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory has now completed 5,580 tests.

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