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COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new deaths

COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new deaths

October 7, 2021
1:21 pm

Barbados early this morning recorded two more covid-19 deaths, one of the victims just 36 years old.

A 78-year-old woman died after spending three days in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, while the 36-year-old man passed away while in primary isolation at Harrison Point, where he spent 19 days. Both people had pre-existing conditions and were unvaccinated.

The number of deaths here from the virus is now 88.

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