SANTO DOMINGO —The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, passed 2,000 in one island alone Wednesday.
An analysis of the latest reported number of cases by News Americas Wednesday night showed the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Dominican Republic jumped to 2,111 with 155 new cases reported yesterday alone.
The death toll in the island also jumped by 10 to 108.
The news comes as the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continues to climb steadily across the entire Caribbean region with the number of confirmed cases as of last night reaching 4,327, up from 3,700 Monday.
The number of deaths across the region is now at 174, up from 166 on Monday.
Here’s where other countries in the Caribbean region now stack up as far as confirmed cases and deaths to date:
Cuba – 457 cases plus 12 deaths.
Martinique – 152 cases and four deaths
Guadeloupe – 139 cases and seven deaths
Puerto Rico – 620 plus 24 deaths.
Trinidad and Tobago – 107 plus eight deaths
French Guiana – 77
Aruba – 74
Barbados – 63 plus three deaths
Jamaica – 63 and plus three deaths.
U.S. Virgin Islands – 46 plus one death
Bermuda – 39 plus two deaths
Cayman Islands – 45 plus one death
Sint Maarten – 40 Plus six deaths
Bahamas – 36 plus 6]six deaths
Guyana – 33 plus four deaths
St. Martin – 32 plus two deaths
Haiti – 25 plus one death
Antigua & Barbuda – 19 plus two deaths
Dominica – 15
St. Lucia – 14
Curacao – 13 plus one death
Grenada – 12
St. Kitts & Nevis – 11
Suriname – 10 plus one death
Montserrat – nine
Turks & Caicos – eight plus one death
Belize – eight plus one death
St. Vincent and the Grenadines – eight
St. Barth – six
British Virgin Islands – three
Anguilla – three
Sint Eustatius – two
SOURCE: News Americas
To read more:
https://www.newsamericasnow.com/caribbean-travel-news-coronavirus-cases-tally-dr/
https://www.newsamericasnow.com/caribbean-entertainment-news-covid19-telethon-jamaica/