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183 new COVID cases on Friday

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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 183 new cases – 89 males and 94 females – of COVID-19 on Friday, October 1 from 2 199 tests.

Of the positive cases, 34 people are under 18 years, and the other 149 are age 18 and older.

There are 1 075 people in isolation.

Since March 2020, Barbados has recorded 8 792 confirmed cases (4 312 males and 4 480 females) of COVID-19, and 78 deaths.

The public health laboratory has performed 322 476 tests.

To date, 137 138 first doses were administered under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19.

The number of persons who have received their second dose is now at 106 679 and this figure represents 39.4 per cent of the population who are now fully vaccinated against the virus. (BGIS)

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