Over 20 COVID deaths since new year! Toll now at 62 persons
Despite case numbers continuing to decline steadily over the last few weeks, the BVI’s COVID-related death toll has now climbed to 62 persons.
According to the Ministry of Health’s latest COVID-19 dashboard, positive cases have now reached 69 persons.
At the start of the year, the BVI had recorded as many as 1,220 COVID-19 positive cases, with hospitalisations climbing to as many as 12 persons at some stage.
In the January 6th release of the territory’s epidemiological summary, the BVI recorded 40 deaths and 958 COVID-19 positive cases. Since then, there have been more than 20 deaths recorded as being COVID-19 related.
In the latest epidemiological summary released by the Health Ministry on February 15, six persons are recorded as being hospitalised.
Positive COVID-19 cases on Tortola currently stand at 63 persons while there are some 13 cases on Virgin Gorda and a further five cases on Jost van Dyke.
There are currently no recorded cases on Anegada.
Last week, COVID-related deaths stood at 61 persons, while active positive cases were recorded as 81 persons.
Information released by the government indicated that most of the COVID-related deaths since the beginning of the new year are those of persons over the age of 60.
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I was wondering when somebody was going to to wake up to the fact of the number of COVID-related deaths in a relatively short space of time. A set of very reckless selfish people out here doing and saying their mess all this time people in mourning for their loved ones. We will pay dearly for a lack of care and love for one another. Lord have mercy on us all.
Over 20 covid deaths? Majority of the persons are elderly who have been very sick for a long time. Please stop the covid madness, people are over it!
Assuming that most, if not all, this was predicted very clearly. When something is predicted clearly, and then happens, generally people take note, but not this time. So sad.
Numbers must decrease if we are no longer testing! Seriously, common sense people!
Why would we test if we aren’t sick? Did you test yourself for flu every year before this even if you felt fine? The flu has killed more people than Covid! Stop the insanity!
When did the flu ever cause more deaths than COVID in the VI or the USVI.
When did the flu cause double digits deaths in the VI,ever
We put loads of people in debt, ruined business and people’s lives for 18 months to protect the same people who didn’t want to be protect themselves and our death toll is still going to be the same. We should have just done like STT and stayed open. The BVI Government destroyed people’s lives for 2 years for nothing.
My lemongrass died from covid