Three more Region Four persons die of COVID

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 07, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 559. 

The Ministry also said that 17 persons are in the ICU.

The patients were admitted with COVID-19 like symptoms but died while receiving care at our medical institutions. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned positive tests.