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The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to wallop the Caribbean, as the region confirmed more new infections (18,176) than closed cases (6,930) since the start of the year.

Without a doubt, the pandemic’s third wave is sweeping the region—Our Today analysis has noted 28 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 10:22 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Sunday, January 17, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 415,386 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 251,246 cases, or roughly 60.04  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 164,140 active cases regionally.

The encouraging figures were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (244,718 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 6,528.

The British-governed island Anguilla rejoins, Montserrat 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: 415,386
Deaths: 6,528
Recoveries: 244,718*
Active cases: 164,140*

—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: 1,779 new cases; 193,118 confirmed. 2,437 patients have died. (143,050 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 569 new cases; 86,523 confirmed. 1,703 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 650 new cases; 18,151 confirmed. 170 patients have died. (13,543 recoveries)

French Guiana: 199 new cases; 14,975 confirmed. 75 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 65 new cases; 14,161 confirmed. 324 patients have died. (11,709 recoveries)

Belize: 51 new cases; 11,580 confirmed. 281 patients have died. (10,694 recoveries)

Haiti: 100 new cases; 10,781 confirmed. 240 patients have died. (8,920 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 110 new cases; 8,886 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 11 new cases; 8,032 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (6,525 recoveries)

Suriname: 60 new cases; 7,469 confirmed. 141 patients have died. (6,689 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 23 new cases; 7,393 confirmed. 132 patients have died. (6,930 recoveries)

Guyana: 57 new cases; 6,908 confirmed. 170 patients have died. (6,165 recoveries)

Aruba: 30 new cases; 6,435 confirmed. 52 patients have died. (5,923 recoveries)

Martinique: 79 new cases; 6,283 confirmed. 44 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: Nine new cases;  4,514 confirmed. 19 patients have died. (4,286 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Eight new cases; 2,260 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,120 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 12 new cases; 1,641 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,491 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 23 new cases; 1,102 confirmed. Six patients have died. (890 recoveries)

Barbados: 59 new cases; 1,095 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (493 recoveries)

St Martin: 51 new cases; 1,076 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (855 recoveries)

Bermuda: Three new cases; 670 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (583 recoveries)

St Lucia: 35 new cases; 611 confirmed. Eight patients have died. (329 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 28 new cases; 478 confirmed. One patient has died. (111 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 374 confirmed. Two patients have died. (328 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 45 new cases; 251 confirmed. One patient has died. (172 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Two new cases; 189 confirmed. Six patients have died. (156 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 139 confirmed. One patient has died (129 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: Seven new cases; 121 confirmed. One patient has died. (106 recoveries) 

Dominica: One new case; 110 confirmed. (102 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case; 34 confirmed. (31 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)