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New cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are slowing down across the Caribbean, as countries continue to ward off the pandemic’s deadliest effects this week.

For the 34th week in a row, the region has done well to maintain mostly closed cases, enjoying a needed reprieve from a spike evidenced in past months.

As evidenced in the last five days, the Caribbean has recorded more closed cases (9,780) than new infections (5,600).

Analysis of regional data by Our Today has indicated that 26 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 7:00 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Tuesday, April 13, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 642,864 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 437,877 cases, or roughly 68.1 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 204,987 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (428,355 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 has steadily climbed to 9,466.

Across the Caribbean, St Kitts and Nevis and Montserrat stand as the only territories without active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 642,794
Deaths: 9,466
Recoveries: 428,355*
Active cases: 204,987*

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

Dominican Republic: 598 new cases; 258,637 confirmed. 3,397 patients have died. (217,008 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 1,079 new cases; 116,378 confirmed. 2,162 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 1,060 new cases; 88,445 confirmed. 476 patients have died. (83,087 recoveries)

Jamaica: 161 new cases; 42,924 confirmed. 682 patients have died. (19,136 recoveries)

French Guiana: 100 new cases; 17,806 confirmed. 94 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 15 new cases; 12,855 confirmed. 251 patients have died. (11,513 recoveries)

Belize: 12 new cases; 12,503 confirmed. 318 patients have died. (12,134 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 12,140 confirmed. 174 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Curaçao: 30 new cases;  11,385 confirmed. 68 patients have died. (6,845 recoveries)

Guyana: 40 new cases; 11,189 confirmed. 257 patients have died. (9,751 recoveries)

Aruba: 26 new cases; 10,076 confirmed. 92 patients have died. (9,486 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 25 new cases; 9,460 confirmed. 189 patients have died. (8,865 recoveries)

Suriname: 13 new cases; 9,316 confirmed. 182 patients have died. (8,700 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 9,028 confirmed. 57 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 70 new cases; 8,511 confirmed. 146 patients have died. (7,799 recoveries)

St Lucia: Seven new cases; 4,355 confirmed. 64 patients have died. (4,179 recoveries)

Barbados: Six new cases; 3,740 confirmed. 44 patients have died. (3,623 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Seven new cases; 3,005 confirmed. 26 patients have died. (2,917 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: No new cases; 2,357 confirmed. 17 patients have died. (2,283 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Six new cases; 2,188 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (2,124 recoveries)

Bermuda: 21 new cases; 1,912 confirmed. 16 patients have died. (1,037 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: No new cases; 1,806 confirmed. 10 patients have died. (1,665 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,693 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Three new cases; 1,201 confirmed. 31 patients have died. (947 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 907 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Seven new cases; 523 confirmed. Two patients have died. (498 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: Two new cases; 181 confirmed. One patient has died. (160 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 169 confirmed. (163 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 155 confirmed. One patient has died. (152 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 25 confirmed. (22 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

St Kitts and Nevis: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 44 cases)

Montserrat: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 20 cases, one patient died)