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52-year-old man is 109th person in USVI to die of Covid-related causes
VI CONSORTIUM
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.
90th Covid-related death reported in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The number of reported deaths related to the coronavirus in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) climbed to 90 on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, following an announcement from the [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH).
VI boatman held in USVI for failing to comply with CBP stop order
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A [British] Virgin Islands (VI) national was arrested on December 28, 2021, in St Thomas on a criminal charge related to his failure to stop his vessel when ordered to do so by United States Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine (CBP-AMO) agents.
Roughly 8.4% of COVID-19 infections in USVI are vaccinated people
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) has provided the Consortium with data after a request showing the percentage of vaccinated individuals in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) who have been testing positive for Covid-19.
786 COVID-19 cases reported as Omicron spreads in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, reported 786 active cases of COVID-19 in the US Virgin Islands, a result of the Omicron variant's extremely high transmissibility, with both districts seeing high levels of spread.
544 active COVID-19 cases reported in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
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.
USVI homicide rate for 2021 moves to 44
VI CONSORTIUM
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.
USVI man charged for alleged Rape & Unlawful Sexual Contact
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Bail has been set for a man charged with first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual contact for an alleged incident that is said to have occurred in the US Virgin Islands (US) on July 31, 2021.
Man allegedly drags victim between parked vehicles & rapes her
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. THOMAS, USVI — Bail has been set in the amount of $100,000 for a man accused of perpetrating what a Judge described as a woman’s "worst nightmare."
Feds make massive cocaine bust in USVI; Multiple persons arrested
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST. Thomas, USVI - USVI Federal agents led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Thursday conducted an operation in the Havensight Shopping Mall in the vicinity of the Tap & Still restaurant resulting in the arrest of multiple individuals and confiscation of multiple bricks of cocaine, according to a person with intimate knowledge of the operation.