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Signs the third wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made it to the shores of the Caribbean are telling, as new infections skyrocket across the region.

Even while countries inch closer to an 18th consecutive week of more closed cases than their active counterparts, Our Today analysis has noted 28 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

It is the highest rate of infection since COVID-19 first infiltrated the Caribbean in March 2020 and comes at a time when the region, months away from a full year’s battle, is already under strain.

As at 3:21 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Friday, January 8, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 383,011 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 237,790 cases, or roughly 62.08  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 145,221 active cases regionally.

The encouraging figures were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (231,474 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 6,316.

The British-governed island of Montserrat is the Caribbean’s only jurisdiction without active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 383,011
Deaths: 6,316
Recoveries: 231,474*
Active cases: 145,221*

—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: 1,045 new cases; 178,358 confirmed. 2,424 patients have died. (135,934 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 286 new cases; 79,898 confirmed. 1,592 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

French Guiana: 193 new cases; 13,825 confirmed. 73 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Cuba: 344 new cases; 13,823 confirmed. 148 patients have died. (11,531 recoveries)

Jamaica: 43 new cases; 13,411 confirmed. 307 patients have died. (11,323 recoveries)

Belize: 44 new cases; 11,152 confirmed. 267 patients have died. (10,344 recoveries)

Haiti: 38 new cases; 10,241 confirmed. 237 patients have died. (8,745 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 116 new cases; 8,776 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 14 new cases; 7,959 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (6,297 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 14 new cases; 7,210 confirmed. 127 patients have died. (6,774 recoveries)

Suriname: 83 new cases; 6,750 confirmed. 130 patients have died. (6,080 recoveries)

Guyana: 33 new cases; 6,469 confirmed. 167 patients have died. (5,990 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 6,091 confirmed. 43 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Aruba: 72 new cases; 5,883 confirmed. 50 patients have died. (5,323 recoveries)

Curaçao: 27 new cases;  4,405 confirmed. 18 patients have died. (3,479 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 21 new cases; 2,130 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (1,967 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 19 new cases; 1,531 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,394 recoveries)

St Martin: 30 new cases; 1,025 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (855 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 15 new cases; 956 confirmed. Six patients have died. (799 recoveries)

Barbados: 37 new cases; 780 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (335 recoveries)

Bermuda: Five new cases; 641 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (538 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Three new cases; 359 confirmed. Two patients have died. (310 recoveries)

St Lucia: One new case; 353 confirmed. Five patients have died. (304 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 16 new cases; 206 confirmed. One patient has died. (172 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 55 new cases; 204 confirmed. (102 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Four new cases; 167 confirmed. Five patients have died. (150 recoveries)

Grenada: One new case; 128 confirmed. One patient has died (123 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: 17 new cases; 114 confirmed. One patient has died. (95 recoveries) 

Dominica: 17 new cases; 105 confirmed. (93 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 33 confirmed. (31 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 15 confirmed. (13 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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