Barbados’ covid-19 positivity rate continued to drop yesterday with just fifty cases, 20 males and 30 females, from 864 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.

This represents a positivity rate of less than six percent, its lowest in weeks, and the biggest dip since the recent surge commenced.

There were 239 people in isolation facilities and one thousand, 680 in home isolation.

Meantime, Barbados has recorded one more covid-19 death.

A 67 year old unvaccinated woman died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department yesterday.

More than 61 percent of Barbados’ eligible population has now been fully immunized against covid-19 under the National Vaccination Program.

The total number of people with at least one dose is 154 thousand, 524 which is 67.7 per cent of the eligible population.

The total number of people who are fully vaccinated is 139 thousand, 979 which is 51.6 per cent of the total population or 61.3per cent of the eligible population.

The eligible population represents those people who are 12 years and older.

With government’s covid-19 directives due to expire and new holidays measures to be announced soon, the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners urges caution.

BAMP President Dr. Linda Williams warns the authorities against being too quick to relax the measures.

Dr. Williams who is also part of government’s covid communications team says it would be a mistake to completely open up the country too soon despite a drop in cases in recent days.

Dr. Williams says that despite the decline in the positivity rate over the past week cases could increase again, especially if there are surges in our tourism markets.

A similar view was shared by BAMP’s public relations officer Dr. Russell Broome-Webster.