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Despite another neck-and-neck ‘race’, the Caribbean has managed to record 61-straight weeks of keeping mostly closed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, as the regional outbreak ebbs this week.

Countries and territories across the region see little change to the pandemic situation, however, as new infections (47,008) over the last 14 days were marginally less than closed cases (47,641).

Our Today analysis of regional data finds 27 of the 32 affected countries and territories have reported new cases within the last 48 hours. A status update from the British Virgin Islands was not forthcoming since the last regional report.

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago rank as the five worst-hit territories in the region. 

Additionally, the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago remain under a drastic spike in cases coinciding with the Delta variant’s introduction in local populations.

As at 5:11 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Thursday, November 4, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 2,093,349 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 1,700,635 cases, or roughly 81.23 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are an estimated 392,714 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (1,672,811 recoveries to date, barring insufficient data from Puerto Rico, French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique).

In the meantime, the total number of patients who succumbed to coronavirus-related complications spiked to 27,824.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 2,093,349
Deaths: 27,824
Recoveries: 1,672,811*
Active cases: 392,714*

*—Data from Health Departments and Agencies across the Caribbean. (Full or partial recovery statistics have not been forthcoming from Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, St Martin, French Guiana, Saint-Barthélemy and Martinique)

Cuba: 592 new cases; 954,342 confirmed. 8,252 patients have died. (942,984 recoveries)

Dominican Republic: 973 new cases; 385,181 confirmed. 4,146 patients have died. (376,577 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 118 new cases; 185,553 confirmed. 3,236 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Jamaica: 133 new cases; 89,349 confirmed. 2,257 patients have died. (58,576 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 393 new cases; 58,106 confirmed. 1,729 patients have died. (51,286 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 150 new cases; 54,537 confirmed. 742 patients have died. (2,250 recoveries)

Suriname: 105 new cases; 49,362 confirmed. 1,101 patients have died. (29,487 recoveries)

French Guiana: 90 new cases; 44,964 confirmed. 313 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Martinique: 85 new cases; 43,347 confirmed. 683 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Guyana: 81 new cases; 35,800 confirmed. 928 patients have died. (32,342 recoveries)

Belize: 218 new cases; 27,523 confirmed. 499 patients have died. (24,650 recoveries)

Haiti: 28 new cases; 24,032 confirmed. 679 patients have died. (20,431 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 14 new cases; 22,429 confirmed. 643 patients have died. (21,138 recoveries)

Barbados: 393 new cases; 18,852 confirmed. 164 patients have died. (12,046 recoveries)

Curaçao: 11 new cases;  17,111 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (16,838 recoveries)

Aruba: 12 new cases; 15,949 confirmed. 171 patients have died. (15,602 recoveries)

St Lucia: 35 new cases; 12,645 confirmed. 260 patients have died. (12,064 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 18 new cases; 7,251 confirmed. 82 patients have died. (7,091 recoveries)

Grenada: Six new cases; 5,856 confirmed. 198 patients have died. (5,556 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 5,665 confirmed. 106 patients have died. (5,502 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 38 reported new cases; 5,050 confirmed. 69 patients have died. (3,920 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: No new cases; 4,501 confirmed. 75 patients have died. (4,401 recoveries)

Dominica: 80 new cases; 4,537 confirmed. 32 patients have died. (4,156 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 4,072 confirmed. 97 patients have died. (3,818 recoveries)

St Martin: 39 new cases; 3,907 confirmed. 56 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 12 new cases; 3,001 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (2,915 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No reported new cases; 2,725 confirmed. 37 patients have died. (2,649 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: 10 new cases; 2,696 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,551 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: 115 new cases; 2,356 confirmed. Two patients have died. (1,055 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: Three new cases; 1,590 confirmed. Six patients have died. (462 recoveries)

Anguilla: 35 new cases; 1,019 confirmed. One patient has died. (913 recoveries)

Montserrat: No new cases; 41 confirmed. One patient has died.  (33 recoveries)

NB: There are no countries without active cases at this time