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Five more COVID deaths in Barbados

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Four Barbadians and a St Lucian national died as a result of COVID-19.

An 80-year-old Barbadian man died today, Sunday, October 10, while in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility.  He was fully vaccinated.

Two people, a 69-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman, both Barbadians, passed away on Saturday, October 9, at Harrison Point.  They were unvaccinated.

The deaths of a 59-year-old woman, a St Lucian national, who succumbed to the virus at the Accident & Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and a 60-year-old Barbadian man, who died in the community, were also reported.  Both were unvaccinated.

The tally of COVID-19 deaths now stands at 95.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, extended sincere condolences to their family and friends. (BGIS)

 

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