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It was almost expected and has come to pass on Sunday (February 7), as Montserrat, confirming four new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 48 hours, leaves the Caribbean largely empty of territories with active infections. 

While the pandemic continues to wallop the region, still, the Caribbean has managed to keep more closed cases than their active counterparts for a 20th-straight week; new cases continue to trend upward. 

In the last five days, the region recorded more new infections (12,371) than closed cases (9,527)—a trend consistent in the pandemic resurgence across the Caribbean.

Still weeks away from the one-year anniversary since COVID-19 first infiltrated Caribbean shores, analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 22 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 8:33 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Sunday, February 7, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 475,819 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 293,708 cases, or roughly 61.7  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 182,111 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (286,153 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 7,555.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 475,819
Deaths: 7,555
Recoveries: 286,153*
Active cases: 182,111*

*—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: 1,250 new cases; 223,398 confirmed. 2,831 patients have died. (167,214 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 291 new cases; 95,355 confirmed. 1,883 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 820 new cases; 32,831 confirmed. 238 patients have died. (26,739 recoveries)

Jamaica: 244 new cases; 17,085  confirmed. 358 patients have died. (12,271 recoveries)

French Guiana: 32 new cases; 16,296 confirmed. 79 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Belize: 24 new cases; 12,037 confirmed. 306 patients have died. (11,479 recoveries)

Haiti: 20 new cases; 11,692 confirmed. 245 patients have died. (9,114 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 129 new cases; 9,226 confirmed. 155 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: 31 new cases; 8,650 confirmed. 160 patients have died. (7,974 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,256 confirmed. 176 patients have died. (6,819 recoveries)

Guyana: 52 new cases; 7,939 confirmed. 180 patients have died. (6,962 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Four new cases; 7,616 confirmed. 135 patients have died. (7,266 recoveries)

Aruba: 21 new cases; 7,223 confirmed. 62 patients have died. (6,834 recoveries)

Martinique: 82 new cases; 6,484 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: No new cases;  4,600 confirmed. 21 patients have died. (4,527 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 10 new cases; 2,466 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,371 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Seven new cases; 1,928 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,780 recoveries)

St Lucia: 257 new cases; 1,813 confirmed. 18 patients have died. (875 recoveries)

Barbados: 33 new cases; 1,709 confirmed. 18 patients have died. (1,400 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 41 new cases; 1,695 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (1,314 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 67 new cases; 1,269 confirmed. Four patients have died. (409 recoveries)

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

Bermuda: No new cases; 692 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (670 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Five new cases; 405 confirmed. Two patients have died. (368 recoveries)

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

Antigua and Barbuda: 11 new cases; 299 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (187 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 148 confirmed. One patient has died (146 recoveries)

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

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

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 40 confirmed. (36 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 17 confirmed. (15 recoveries)

Monserrat: Two new cases; 17 confirmed. One patient has died. (11 recoveries)

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