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February 12th, 2023
USVI announces 130th death tied to Covid-19

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- As Covid-19 cases from a recent post-Crucian Christmas Festival surge continue to decline, the [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) late Friday, February 10, 2023, announced the 130th death in the territory tied to the disease.

September 28th, 2022
USVI says not enough people taking Monkeypox Vaccine

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix- While many countries around the world remain in a sluggish queue to obtain monkeypox vaccines, health authorities in the US Virgin Islands are concerned that not many people are volunteering to take the vaccine, even as cases in the United States continue to climb.

May 16th, 2022
USVI transitioning from Covid pandemic to endemic- Dept of Health

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) has stated that the US Virgin Islands (USVI) is entering the endemic stage in its efforts against Covid-19, an announcement that comes with massive implications regarding how the Albert A. Bryan administration manages the coronavirus moving forward.

May 13th, 2022
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.

April 24th, 2022
COVID-19 cases surge to 244 in USVI; Hospitalisations increase

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) is urging the public to practice safety protocols as COVID-19 infections have surged recently, and as hospitalisations continue to increase — a result DoH says is driven by the Omicron subvariant named BA.2, which is now the dominant strain of the virus in both the US and US Virgin Islands.

February 23rd, 2022
52-year-old man is 109th person in USVI to die of Covid-related causes

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FREDERIKSTED, St CROIX, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, announced the 109th Virgin Islander to die of causes related to Covid-19.

December 27th, 2021
544 active COVID-19 cases reported in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US Virgin Islands] Department of Health (DoH) has reported that there were 544 active COVID-19 cases as of Sunday night, December 26, 2021, a jump of 179 new infections since the last numbers were reported Friday.

September 21st, 2021
61-year-old is latest to die of COVID-related complications in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, announced the 68th Covid-related death in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).

January 4th, 2021
Latest COVID-19 death in USVI is 78-year-old woman from St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, ST Croix, USVI- The [US] VI Department of Health on Sunday, January 3, 2021, announced the territory's 24th COVID-19 related death, with the victim being a 78-year-old woman from St Croix.

December 14th, 2020
975 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrives in USVI

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The first of multiple COVID-19 vaccines arrived on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) today, December 14, 2020, the [US] VI Department of Health (DoH) has announced. During Governor Albert A. Bryan's weekly COVID-19 response update earlier in the day, it was also revealed that the Moderna vaccine will be in the USVI next week.

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