23-year-old pregnant woman dies of COVID-19 in USVI
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A 23-year-old pregnant woman died of coronavirus in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the 7th person to have died of the virus in the US territory.
The latest death was confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH), which as yet to provide information about the deceased.
The woman was said to be four months pregnant and arrived at the Schneider Regional Medical Center on St Thomas in distress.
16 new cases
On Wednesday evening, the department reported 16 new cases of the virus: 9 on St Croix and 7 on St Thomas. Six of the St Croix cases were transmitted through close contact, with the other categories of travel and community transmission seeing 1 each.
One case was also under investigation.
On St Thomas, 4 of the 7 cases were transmitted via community spread. Travel and close contact registered 1 each, and 1 case was under investigation.
St John remained unchanged at 15 confirmed cases.
147 active cases
Currently the DOH is tracking 147 active cases out of a total of 336 positives.
As of Wednesday, 182 people had recovered from the virulent disease, according to the health department. Fifty-four tests were pending as of Wednesday.
To date, 7,890 tests have been performed, with 7,500 returning negative.
Through Wednesday, St Croix had 98 active cases, St Thomas had 42 and 7 of the 15 St. John cases were active as well.
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