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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to wallop the region, Caribbean countries are increasingly coming under strain to keep the worst impacts of the pandemic at bay.

In the last four days, the Caribbean recorded slightly more new infections (11,021) than closed cases (10,739).

Looking at the bigger picture, the region heads toward a commendable 24th-straight week of majority closed cases, even amid a worrying spike.

With just 10 days to the one-year anniversary since the pandemic first infiltrated Caribbean shores, analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 19 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 7:49 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Sunday, February 21, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 521,109 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 335,777 cases, or roughly 64.4 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 185,332 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (327,735 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 8,042.

At the time of publication, Anguilla joins Grenada as the two territories without active cases in the Caribbean.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 521,109
Deaths: 8,042
Recoveries: 327,735*
Active cases: 185,050*

*—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: 960 new cases; 235,462 confirmed. 3,038 patients have died. (185,154 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 211 new cases; 98,835 confirmed. 1,979 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 1,039 new cases; 44,523 confirmed. 296 patients have died. (39,125 recoveries)

Jamaica: 458 new cases; 21,382 confirmed. 396 patients have died. (12,931 recoveries)

French Guiana: 73 new cases; 16,529 confirmed. 83 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 35 new cases; 12,309 confirmed. 247 patients have died. (9,529 recoveries)

Belize: 17 new cases; 12,244 confirmed. 313 patients have died. (11,749 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 9,528 confirmed. 158 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: Two new cases; 8,856 confirmed. 168 patients have died. (8,331 recoveries)

Guyana: 21 new cases; 8,420 confirmed. 189 patients have died. (7,733 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,403 confirmed. 179 patients have died. (7,148 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 10 new cases; 7,676 confirmed. 139 patients have died. (7,392 recoveries)

Aruba: 27 new cases; 7,674 confirmed. 71 patients have died. (7,323 recoveries)

Martinique: 72 new cases; 6,625 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: Six new cases;  4,681 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (4,603 recoveries)

St Lucia: 218 new cases; 2,860 confirmed. 28 patients have died. (2,437 recoveries)

Barbados: 38 new cases; 2,715 confirmed. 31 patients have died. (1,914 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Nine new cases; 2,575 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,464 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Six new cases; 2,033 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,955 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 30 new cases; 2,028 confirmed. 13 patients have died. (1,721 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Five new cases; 1,503 confirmed. Six patients have died. (803 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,497 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,050 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 699 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (679 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 598 confirmed. 13 patients have died. (206 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 512 confirmed. One patient has died. (247 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 428 confirmed. Two patients have died. (394 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No new cases; 153 confirmed. One patient has died. (150 recoveries) 

Dominica: No new cases; 134 confirmed. (121 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 41 confirmed. (39 recoveries)

Monserrat: No new cases; 20 confirmed. One patient has died. (11 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

Anguilla: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 18 cases)

Grenada: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 148 cases, one patient died)