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While impressively keeping majority closed cases for 21 straight weeks, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to drub Caribbean countries as new cases soar across the region. 

In the last three days, the region recorded more new infections (14,973) than closed cases (12,846)—a trend consistent in the virus’ resurgence across the Caribbean.

Just one month shy of the one-year anniversary since COVID-19 first infiltrated Caribbean shores, analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 25 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 3:04 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Wednesday, February 10, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 490,621 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 306,554 cases, or roughly 62.5  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 184,067 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (298,892 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 7,662.

At the time of publication, Grenada stands alone as the Caribbean’s only country with active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 490,621
Deaths: 7,662
Recoveries: 298,892*
Active cases: 184,067*

*—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: 934 new cases; 225,472 confirmed. 2,883 patients have died. (171,186 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 241 new cases; 96,402 confirmed. 1,897 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 858 new cases; 34,922 confirmed. 249 patients have died. (29,674 recoveries)

Jamaica: 207 new cases; 17,908 confirmed. 362 patients have died. (12,406 recoveries)

French Guiana: No new cases; 16,296 confirmed. 79 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Belize: Nine new cases; 12,079 confirmed. 310 patients have died. (11,532 recoveries)

Haiti: 48 new cases; 11,908 confirmed. 246 patients have died. (9,177 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 125 new cases; 9,351 confirmed. 156 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: 20 new cases; 8,650 confirmed. 163 patients have died. (8,090 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 33 new cases; 8,289 confirmed. 176 patients have died. (6,837 recoveries)

Guyana: 18 new cases; 8,041 confirmed. 181 patients have died. (7,026 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: One new case; 7,617 confirmed. 136 patients have died. (7,302 recoveries)

Aruba: 47 new cases; 7,286 confirmed. 66 patients have died. (6,902 recoveries)

Martinique: 69 new cases; 6,553 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: Seven new cases;  4,620 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (4,545 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 12 new cases; 2,485 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,393 recoveries)

St Lucia: 110 new cases; 2,137 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (1,403 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 14 new cases; 1,952 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,817 recoveries)

Barbados: 82 new cases; 1,814 confirmed. 20 patients have died. (1,470 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 43 new cases; 1,738 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (1,362 recoveries)

St Martin: 174 new cases; 1,408 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,050 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 16 new cases; 1,340 confirmed. Six patients have died. (409 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 694 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (673 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 95 new cases; 455 confirmed. One patient has died. (247 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 408 confirmed. Two patients have died. (377 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: 34 new cases; 350 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (190 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: Two new cases; 151 confirmed. One patient has died. (143 recoveries) 

Dominica: No new cases; 121 confirmed. (110 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 40 confirmed. (38 recoveries)

Anguilla: One new case; 18 confirmed. (15 recoveries)

Monserrat: No new cases; 18 confirmed. One patient has died. (11 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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