Faced with incredible odds, the Caribbean continues to hold against the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as countries are on the cusp of concluding 15 consecutive weeks of more closed cases than active infections.

As cases continue to surge across the region, some health systems are beginning to show signs of strain—with the pandemic set to unleash a third, more infectious wave in the new year.

The British-governed island of Montserrat is the Caribbean’s only territory without active cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the start of a new week as the pandemic’s second wave intensifies.

Our Today analysis has noted that 25 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 10:21 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Wednesday, December 30, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 363,055 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 226,491 cases, or roughly 62.4  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 136,564 active cases regionally.

The encouraging figures were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (220,365 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 6,126.

Montserrat remains the only Caribbean territory with zero active cases.

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

Dominican Republic: 1,314 new cases; 169,579 confirmed. 2,409 patients have died. (130,264 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 2,132 new cases; 75,790 confirmed. 1,484 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

French Guiana: 149 new cases; 13,045 confirmed. 71 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 41 new cases; 12,793 confirmed. 302 patients have died. (10,319 recoveries)

Cuba: 86 new cases; 11,687 confirmed. 145 patients have died. (10,003 recoveries)

Belize: 77 new cases; 10,668 confirmed. 241 patients have died. (9,593 recoveries)

Haiti: 41 new cases; 9,999 confirmed. 236 patients have died. (8,598 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 72 new cases; 8,660 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 11 new cases; 7,857 confirmed. 170 patients have died. (6,221 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Five new cases; 7,132 confirmed. 126 patients have died. (6,628 recoveries)

Guyana: 18 new cases; 6,319 confirmed. 164 patients have died. (5,809 recoveries)

Suriname: 85 new cases; 6,098 confirmed. 120 patients have died. (5,950 recoveries)

Martinique: 42 new cases; 6,091 confirmed. 43 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Aruba: 69 new cases; 5,442 confirmed. 49 patients have died. (5,132 recoveries)

Curaçao: 28 new cases;  4,179 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (2,657 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Six new cases; 2,010 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (1,875 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 12 new cases; 1,423 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,308 recoveries)

St Martin: 43 new cases; 961 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (855 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: Nine new cases; 874 confirmed. Six patients have died. (763 recoveries)

Bermuda: 14 new cases; 595 confirmed. 10 patients have died. (421 recoveries)

Barbados: One new case; 372 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (312 recoveries)

St Lucia: Nine new cases; 340 confirmed. Five patients have died. (278 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Eight new cases; 326 confirmed. Two patient have died. (293 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: Nine new cases; 184 confirmed. One patient has died. (172 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 158 confirmed. Five patients have died. (147 recoveries)

Grenada: Three new cases; 127 confirmed. (107 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Two new cases; 115 confirmed. (89 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 88 confirmed. (83 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No new cases; 86 confirmed. One patient has died. (74 recoveries) 

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 32 confirmed. (29 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 13 confirmed. (12 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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