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April 27th, 2020
4th COVID-19 death in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, April 26, 2020, announced the fourth COVID-19 death in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).

April 23rd, 2020
3 caught smuggling more than $3M in cash into STT

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents have intercepted a vessel with three men on board entering Brewers Bay, US Virgin Islands (USVI), transporting more than $3 million inside duffel bags, CBP has announced.

April 21st, 2020
Armed masked men rob KFC on STT

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— Four masked men, one brandishing a firearm, on Monday night , April 20, 2020, stormed the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant located in the Nisky Shopping Center on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of cash.

April 11th, 2020
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.

April 9th, 2020
2 killed in separate shootings on STT

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Shooting incidents on Wednesday morning and night, April 8, 2020, in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI), left two men dead at Hospital Ground, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Toby Derima announced.

April 7th, 2020
USVI’s 1st COVID-19 death was 85-yr-old STT man

CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (DOH) has released more information regarding the first person in the USVI to succumb to COVID-19 disease.

April 4th, 2020
Confirmed USVI coronavirus cases climb to 40; No deaths

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - With no reported deaths, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health, has provided the territory with its latest coronavirus update, revealing that there were 40 confirmed cases as of Friday night, April 3, 2020, territory-wide, with a number of people hospitalised.

April 1st, 2020
Coronavirus effect: 1000 file unemployment claims in STT

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The state of emergency and territory-wide stay-at-home order will be extended for another 30 days — until at least April 30, 2020 — Governor of the US Virgin Islands (USVI), Mr Albert A. Bryan Jr said on Monday, March 20, 2020.

March 30th, 2020
30 cases of coronavirus confirmed in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (D.O.H.) on Sunday evening, March 29, 2020, confirmed 7 additional cases of coronavirus in the US Virgin Islands, bringing the territory's total to 30. The latest figure was provided via the [US] Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency's alert.

March 28th, 2020
USVI residents to receive $1,200 in Coronavirus relief package

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Washington’s $2 trillion coronavirus relief package will put $1,200 directly into the hands of nearly every American, including United States Virgin Islanders, through income tax rebates, with the money arriving in a matter of weeks.

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