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Hospitalisations increase as COVID-19 surge tops 1,246 cases in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, reported 1,246 active COVID-19 cases, numbers not seen since late December 2021 and early January when the Omicron wave first impacted the US Virgin Islands.
Active COVID-19 cases surge to 161 in USVI
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The BA.2 variant of Covid-19 continues to give rise to new infections in the U.S. Virgin Islands after being identified in the territory last week, but there are few signs that BA.2, which is a subvariant of the original Omicron strain of Covid-19, will cause a surge to the levels seen late December and through January in the Virgin Islands.
Active COVID-19 cases surge to 365 in neighbouring USVI
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CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI - COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands continue to grow at breakneck pace, jumping from 247 on Thursday to 365 on Friday. On Thursday, the V.I. Dept. of Health reported 101 new infections, resulting in a two-day total of 219 new positive cases.
USVI homicide rate for 2021 moves to 44
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — The territory's total homicides for 2021 climbed to 44 after a man was found dead in his vehicle Saturday night, November 27, 2021, following reports of gunshots being fired in the area of the Judy Gomez Highway in St Thomas, according to a police report. The incident was the fourth homicide in four days in the USVI, three of which occurred in St Thomas.
Three dead, four injured in separate shootings on St Thomas
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - Three separate shooting incidents in St. Thomas Friday left three men dead and four injured, V.I.P.D. spokesman Toby Derima has confirmed. As a result of the overnight shootings, the V.I.P.D. is hosting a press briefing at noon today to address the public.
USVI given mid-July clearance for cruise travel by CDC
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. John, USVI - Leisure tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which before March 2020 saw thousands of almost daily cruise travel visitors on the streets of Charlotte Amalie supporting a chain of sectors and daily commerce, could roar back to life in mid-July.
USVI announces 25th COVID-19 related death
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CHARLOTTE AMALE, ST. Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health (D.O.H) this week confirmed its 25th COVID-19 related death in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which comes over a month after the 24th fatality.
Estimated 260 in USVI including Gov Bryan took COVID-19 vaccine
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CHARLOTTE AMALE, St. Thomas, USVI - About 260 persons in the USVI received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shots last week, according to the USVI Department of Health, among them was Governor Albert Bryan, who during his Monday press briefing encouraged Virgin Islanders to get vaccinated.
USVI records over 130 COVID-19 cases in past week
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI - The USVI Department of Health (D.O.H) on Friday, August 28, 2020, reported 43 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. Virgin Islands, an indication that cases remain steady in the territory.
50 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in USVI; 43 recoveries so far
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health on Thursday revealed that five additional positive coronavirus cases brought the number of people in the territory who have been infected with the disease to 50. The department did not send the alert of new cases through the VITEMA Alert system.
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