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11 active COVID-19 cases now in VI- Hon Carvin Malone

- all persons 'safe & secured' in quarantine
Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has announced that the Virgin Islands now has 2 new positive COVID-19 cases in the territory, which brings the active cases count to 11 as of December 17, 2020. Photo: Facebook
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands now has 2 new positive COVID-19 cases in the territory, which brings the active cases count to 11 as of December 17, 2020, Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has stated.

In a COVID-19 update to the territory on December 17, 2020, Hon Malone said all the active cases are in quarantine.

“As of today, 17th of December 2020, the Epidemiological Summary indicates that the BVI now has a total of 11 active cases,” Hon Malone stated.

He said of the 11 positive cases detected since the Virgin Islands reopened its borders to international visitors on December 1, 2020, nine are tourists and two are returning residents.

Safe & secure in quarantine

“All persons were deemed asymptomatic and were deemed safe and secure in quarantine until they have completed the retest protocols yielding result to be considered recovered,” Hon Malone said.

The Health Minister said a total of 10, 483 samples from 10, 469 persons have been collected and tested at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital Laboratory.

83 have tested positive, 74 recovered, 11 are active and one person has died.

8 Responses to “11 active COVID-19 cases now in VI- Hon Carvin Malone”

  • facts (18/12/2020, 09:23) Like (28) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good job in capturing the cases before they got out to the community. The BVI will get through this but we must all be vigilant and do our part to help the government. Facts
  • asking for a friend (18/12/2020, 09:23) Like (9) Dislike (61) Reply
    where is Marlon and Funny man as the numbers goes up?
  • HMMM (18/12/2020, 10:17) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    @asking for a friend and lol agreed. You guys are so foolish. You all think the BVI will close borders forever. We have to live with virus.
  • All Money (18/12/2020, 14:41) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    All money ain’t good money
  • Hmm (18/12/2020, 14:54) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
    At this rate I predict that we will have close to 200 or more imported cases by Easter. This is peak season for Covid!
  • cleaners (18/12/2020, 15:07) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    When is Necker Island going make the news and close down, tested and cleanup d place? inquiring minds wants to know.
  • Jane (19/12/2020, 09:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Should have kept the boarders close


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