Woman, 102, succumbs to COVID

A Region Four woman, 102, passed away on July 16 from COVID-19, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday.

According to the ministry, the woman was not vaccinated.

And on July 17, a Region Four man, 57, passed away. He had been fully vaccinated but not boosted.

This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,266.

Meanwhile, the ministry yesterday reported that there were 46 new cases of COVID. Two persons are in the ICU.