Ministry reports 38 new COVID infections

Thirty-eight new COVID cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday after 427 tests were carried out.

Region One recorded one new case, Region Three 6, Region Four 24, Region Five 1, Region Six 1, Region Seven 1 and Region Eight 4.

Meanwhile, the daily dashboard states that two persons are in the COVID ICU, while eight are in institutional isolation and 302 in home isolation.

The number of deaths in the country remains at 1,278, with last two being recorded on August 18th  .