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St. Elizabeth centenarian latest person to die from COVID-19

by March 1st, 2022

A one-hundred-year-old male from St. Elizabeth is the latest person to die from COVID -19.

 

The country’s death toll now stands at 2, 814.

 

Meanwhile, 67 more people have tested positive for the virus, pushing the country’s case count to 128, 053. Of the new cases, 35 are females and 32 are males. They range in age from 1 to 94 years.

 

All parishes except Portland and St. Thomas recorded new cases.

 

St. James had the highest number of cases with 14. The positivity rate is 9%.

 

Some 121 people are hospitalized, 30 of them are moderately ill, 13 severely ill, and 10 are critically ill.

 

There are 283 recoveries, bringing that tally to 76, 987.

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