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Heading into the second month of 2021, Caribbean countries have seemingly begun to turn the tides amidst the third wave of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

By no means cause for complacency, the region has managed to keep more closed cases than their active counterparts for an impressive 19 weeks running, with new infections trending down.

In the last four days, the region recorded more closed cases (11,201) than new infections (10,880)—the first time since the start of 2021.

Still weeks away from the one-year anniversary since COVID-19 first infiltrated Caribbean shores, analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 20 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 2:28 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Tuesday, February 2, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 463,448 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 284,181 cases, or roughly 61.3  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 179,267 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (277,022 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 7,159.

At the time of publication, Montserrat stands as the Caribbean’s lone territory without active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 463,448
Deaths: 7,159
Recoveries: 277,022*
Active cases: 179,267*

—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: 834 new cases; 215,920 confirmed. 2,704 patients have died. (159,606 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 614 new cases; 94,238 confirmed. 1,846 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 1,044 new cases; 28,636 confirmed. 218 patients have died. (22,921 recoveries)

French Guiana: 51 new cases; 16,134 confirmed. 76 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 195 new cases; 15,973 confirmed. 353 patients have died. (12,108 recoveries)

Belize: 38 new cases; 11,945 confirmed. 302 patients have died. (11,353 recoveries)

Haiti: 73 new cases; 11,533 confirmed. 245 patients have died. (9,063 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 9,097 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: 11 new cases; 8,449 confirmed. 156 patients have died. (7,734 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,223 confirmed. 176 patients have died. (6,784 recoveries)

Guyana: 13 new cases; 7,654 confirmed. 177 patients have died. (6,635 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Two new cases; 7,566 confirmed. 134 patients have died. (7,178 recoveries)

Aruba: 20 new cases; 6,986 confirmed. 59 patients have died. (6,593 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 6,402 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: No new cases;  4,585 confirmed. 21 patients have died. (4,502 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Five new cases; 2,426 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,317 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Eight new cases; 1,870 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,699 recoveries)

Barbados: 13 new cases; 1,558 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (1,169 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: No new cases; 1,504 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (1,160 recoveries)

St Lucia: 216 new cases; 1,411 confirmed. 15 patients have died. (626 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,234 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,050 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 57 new cases; 1,008 confirmed. Two patients have died. (262 recoveries)

Bermuda: One new case; 692 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (668 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Eight new cases; 398 confirmed. Two patients have died. (368 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 360 confirmed. One patient has died. (247 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 234 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (177 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 148 confirmed. One patient has died (142 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No new cases; 141 confirmed. One patient has died. (131 recoveries) 

Dominica: No new cases; 117 confirmed. (106 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case; 38 confirmed. (35 recoveries)

Anguilla: One new case; 17 confirmed. (15 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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