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Just five weeks away from the one-year anniversary since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) first infiltrated the Caribbean, many countries are worse off than ever before, as the pandemic’s third wave mushrooms alarmingly.

In the last four days, the region recorded more new infections (9,712) than closed cases (4,984)—the telltale signals active cases continue to rise.

Analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 22 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 12:00 am Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Monday, January 25, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 437,326 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 262,076 cases, or roughly 59,92  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 175,250 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (255,316 recoveries to date, barring insufficient data from Puerto Rico and Martinique).

In the meantime, the total number of patients who succumbed to coronavirus-related complications has steadily climbed to 6,760.

At the time of publication, Anguilla and Montserrat stand as the Caribbean’s only territories without active cases.

See Our Today’s latest situational analysis on COVID-19 in the Caribbean below:

Confirmed cases to date: 437,326
Deaths: 6,760
Recoveries: 255,316*
Active cases: 175,250*

—Data from Health Departments and Agencies across the Caribbean. (Full or partial recovery statistics have not been forthcoming from Puerto Rico and Martinique)

Dominican Republic: 1,439 new cases; 203,946 confirmed. 2,482 patients have died. (147,886 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 791 new cases; 90,073 confirmed. 1,773 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 634 new cases; 21,261 confirmed. 194 patients have died. (16,387 recoveries)

French Guiana: 104 new cases; 15,664 confirmed. 76 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 107 new cases; 14,879 confirmed. 336 patients have died. (11,870 recoveries)

Belize: 28 new cases; 11,750 confirmed. 286 patients have died. (11,071 recoveries)

Haiti: 64 new cases; 11,099 confirmed. 243 patients have died. (8,982 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 8,980 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,101 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (6,720 recoveries)

Suriname: 57 new cases; 8,057 confirmed. 149 patients have died. (7,246 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 11 new cases; 7,473 confirmed. 134 patients have died. (7,015 recoveries)

Guyana: 76 new cases; 7,015 confirmed. 172 patients have died. (6,370 recoveries)

Aruba: 15 new cases; 6,723 confirmed. 56 patients have died. (6,240 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 6,327 confirmed. 44 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: No new cases;  4,543 confirmed. 20 patients have died. (4,419 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Six new cases; 2,341 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,234 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 29 new cases; 1,753 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,574 recoveries)

Barbados: 98 new cases; 1,341 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (622 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 43 new cases; 1,287 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (998 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,146 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,006 recoveries)

St Lucia: 40 new cases; 810 confirmed. 11 patients have died. (424 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 18 new cases; 738 confirmed. One patient has died. (134 recoveries)

Bermuda: Two new cases; 686 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (625 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: One new case; 383 confirmed. Two patients have died. (346 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 300 confirmed. One patient has died. (204 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Three new cases; 198 confirmed. Six patients have died. (163 recoveries)

Grenada: Eight new cases; 139 confirmed. One patient has died (135 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: Seven new cases; 137 confirmed. One patient has died. (119 recoveries) 

Dominica: No new cases; 113 confirmed. (105 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 35 confirmed. (33 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

Anguilla: No active cases. (Previously had 15 confirmed cases)

Monserrat: No active cases. (Previously had 13 confirmed cases; one patient died)