Woman, 70, dies of COVID, 64 new cases recorded

A 70-year-old woman from Region Four died of COVID-19 yesterday, taking the death toll to 215.

According to the Ministry of Health’s dashboard, there were 64 new cases of the virus yesterday. The past few days has seen large rises in COVID cases underlining the need for a swift rolling out of the vaccination campaign.

According to yesterday’s dashboard, there are 12 persons in the Intensive Care Unit. A total of 82,106 tests have been done since the pandemic began.