Three more dead with COVID-19

The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported three more COVID-19 deaths.

The fatalities were identified as two unvaccinated males, ages 55 and 70, of Region Seven and Region Four, respectively, and a partially-vaccinated woman, 79, of Region Two.

The deaths, which were recorded between July 7 and July 8, have taken the country’s death toll from the virus to 1,262.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard showed 142 new COVID-19 cases being recorded after 823 more tests were conducted by the ministry.

Region One has recorded 5 of the new cases, Region Two 3, Region Three 9, Region Four 78, Region Five 14, Region Six 14, Region Seven 3, Region Nine 12 and Region Ten 4.

The updated dashboard also showed that 4 persons were in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while 35 were in institutional isolation and 731 in home isolation.