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Saint Lucia records 35 new cases of COVID-19

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #622 TO #656 OF COVID-19 Today Monday January 18, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of thirty five new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 126 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory, from which 35 positive and 91 negative tests were recorded. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 656. All of […]

todayJanuary 18, 2021

Saint Lucia Records Case 23 of COVID-19

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Saint Lucia records 11 new cases of COVID-19

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #611 TO #621 OF COVID-19 The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Sunday January 17, 2021 received confirmation of eleven new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 133 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory, from which 11 positive and 122 negative tests were recorded. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 621. One of the […]

todayJanuary 18, 2021

COVID-19 death

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34 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 related deaths

Today Saturday January 16, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of thirty four new cases of COVID-19. This is a batch of 253 COVID-19 tests with 34 positives and 219 negatives. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 611. All of the cases are Saint Lucian nationals ranging in age from 1 year to 64 years. They are from the Castries, Soufriere, Babonneau, […]

todayJanuary 16, 2021

COVID-19 Case 38

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Saint Lucia records 32 new cases of COVID-19

Today January 15, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of thirty two new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 271 COVID-19 tests with 32 positives and 239 negatives. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 576. All of the cases are Saint Lucian nationals ranging in age from 3 months to 63 years. They are from the Castries, Micoud, Babonneau […]

todayJanuary 15, 2021

COVID-19 - 41 Cases

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Saint Lucia records 41 new cases of COVID-19

Today January 14, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of forty one new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 543. All of the cases are Saint Lucian nationals ranging in age from 5 years to 84 years. They are from the Castries, Vieux-Fort, Babonneau, Dennery, Anse La Raye, Micoud and Gros-Islet districts. These individuals were seen at a community […]

todayJanuary 14, 2021

Update on situation at local tourism establishment

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Update on situation at local tourism establishment

The Department of Health and Wellness notes the increased number of cases of COVID-19 over the past two weeks and the several cases of transmission of COVID-19 identified at a property on island. During the period November 23, 2020 to January 13, 2021 a total of 60 cases were documented including the COVID-19 related death of a 52 year old UK national. The Department of Health and Wellness has instituted […]

todayJanuary 14, 2021

COVID-19 death

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Saint Lucia Records its 6th COVID-19 related death

Today January 13, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twelve new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 502. Eleven of the cases are Saint Lucian nationals ranging in age from 1 year to 73 years. They are from the Castries, Babonneau and Gros-Islet districts. These individuals were seen at a community respiratory clinic, where they were assessed and […]

todayJanuary 13, 2021

Caribbean Bubble Update

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Caribbean Bubble Update – 8th January 2021

Since the declaration of the outbreak of COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General in January 30, 2020, over 200 countries have been affected by the disease. To date, there have been over 86 million confirmed cases reported globally with over 1.8 million recorded deaths. In the Caribbean region, 379,4611 confirmed cases in 35 countries/territories (including the 26 CARPHA Member States) have been recorded. With continued international spread of […]

todayJanuary 12, 2021

Saint Lucia records 20 new cases of COVID-19

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Saint Lucia records 20 new cases of COVID-19

Today Tuesday January 5, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twenty new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 219 COVID-19 tests conducted by the Ezra Long Laboratory. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to 380. Four of the cases are non-nationals ranging in age from 38 years and 84 years. These individuals were placed in quarantine pending receipt of their test […]

todayJanuary 5, 2021

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SAINT LUCIA RECORDS 26 new cases of COVID-19

Over the course of the Christmas weekend between December 24 and December 27, 2020, a total of 314 COVID-19 tests were conducted by the Ezra Long Laboratory. From these the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twenty-six new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases diagnosed in country to 331. On Friday December 25, 2020, thirteen cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. Four of the cases were non-nationals who […]

todayDecember 28, 2020