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Mere hours away from marking the one-year anniversary since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) first infiltrated the Caribbean, countries across the region continue to ward off the third wave’s most deadly impacts.

In the last four days, the Caribbean recorded slightly more new infections (10,893) than closed cases (10,551)—with the spike seemingly cooling.  The region heads toward a noteworthy 26 weeks of keeping majority closed cases.

Analysis of regional data by Our Today has identified 20 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 2:42 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Tuesday, March 2, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 540,256 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 355,625 cases, or roughly 65.8 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 184,631 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (346,412 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 8,293.

At the time of publication, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Grenada were 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: 540,256
Deaths: 8,293
Recoveries: 346,412*
Active cases: 184,631*

*—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: 203 new cases; 240,201 confirmed. 3,118 patients have died. (192,651 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 287 new cases; 100,584 confirmed. 2,040 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 997 new cases; 51,587 confirmed. 328 patients have died. (46,926 recoveries)

Jamaica: 239 new cases; 23,838 confirmed. 432 patients have died. (13,625 recoveries)

French Guiana: 98 new cases; 16,627 confirmed. 86 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 45 new cases; 12,493 confirmed. 250 patients have died. (9,763 recoveries)

Belize: 20 new cases; 12,313 confirmed. 314 patients have died. (11,860 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 9,746 confirmed. 159 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: Four new cases; 8,933 confirmed. 174 patients have died. (8,413 recoveries)

Guyana: 10 new cases; 8,595 confirmed. 197 patients have died. (7,993 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,519 confirmed. 179 patients have died. (7,309 recoveries)

Aruba: 17 new cases; 7,908 confirmed. 74 patients have died. (7,655 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Three new cases; 7,716 confirmed. 139 patients have died. (7,474 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 6,687 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: One new case;  4,731 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (4,645 recoveries)

St Lucia: 155 new cases; 3,545 confirmed. 36 patients have died. (3,038 recoveries)

Barbados: 47 new cases; 3,115 confirmed. 36 patients have died. (2,443 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 10 new cases; 2,646 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,511 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: No new cases; 2,114 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (1,873 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Three new cases; 2,060 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (2,004 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: No new cases; 1,628 confirmed. Eight patients have died. (945 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,544 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: 39 new cases; 769 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (307 recoveries)

Bermuda: Six new cases; 713 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (682 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 573 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Three new cases; 447 confirmed. Two patients have died. (415 recoveries)

Dominica: Three new cases; 144 confirmed. (130 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 41 confirmed. (40 recoveries)

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

Countries without active cases

British Virgin Islands: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 153 cases, one patient died)

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

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