SANTO DOMINGO — The Dominican Republic has the most new cases of the deadly Chinese virus COVID-19 in the region — six coronavirus patients have died there so far.
The DR now has 392 confirmed cases of novel virus, with 80 new cases added Monday.
A shocking 775 cases have been confirmed by respective health officials in 29 countries and territories across the Caribbean as of 1:11 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Wednesday. To date, only the nearby British Virgin Islands and St. Kitts and Nevis are yet to be affected by the global pandemic.
Across nine countries, there are a total of 15 coronavirus-related deaths. An additional 13 cases have closed as patients recovered from the illness in the Dominican Republic (three), Cuba (one), French Guiana (six), Aruba (one) and Jamaica (two).
Dominican Republic: 147 new cases; 392 confirmed. Six patients have died.
Guadeloupe: 11 new cases; 73 confirmed. One patient has died.
Trinidad and Tobago: Five new cases; 57 confirmed.
Martinique: Four new cases; 57 confirmed. One patient has died.
Puerto Rico: 12 new cases: 51 confirmed. Two patients have died.
Cuba: Eight new cases; 48 confirmed. One patient has died.
French Guiana: Four new cases; 27 confirmed.
Jamaica: Four new cases; 25 confirmed. One patient has died.
Barbados: One new case; 18 confirmed.
Aruba: Five new cases; 17 confirmed.
US Virgin Islands: No new cases; 17 confirmed.
St Martin: No new cases; eight confirmed.
Dominica: Five new cases; seven confirmed.
Haiti: One new case; seven confirmed.
Suriname: One new case; seven confirmed.
Curaçao: Two new cases; six confirmed. One patient has died.
Cayman Islands: One new case; six confirmed. One patient has died.
Bermuda: No new cases; six confirmed.
The Bahamas: One new case; five confirmed.
Guyana: No new cases; five confirmed. One patient has died.
Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; three confirmed.
St Lucia: No new cases; three confirmed.
Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; three confirmed.
Sint Maarten: No new cases; two confirmed.
Grenada: No new cases; one confirmed.
St Vincent and the Grenadines: No new cases; one confirmed.
Monserrat: No new cases; one confirmed.
Turks and Caicos Islands: No new cases; one confirmed.
Belize: No new cases; one confirmed.
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