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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Caribbean outbreak continues, however, countries get a needed reprieve as closed cases make an encouraging rally against their active counterparts. 

For a full 33 weeks, the region has done well to maintain mostly closed cases, even amid the pandemic’s third wave.

As evidenced in the last four days, the Caribbean has recorded more closed cases (12,385) than new infections (11,675).

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 8:20 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Thursday, April 8, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 637,394 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 428,065 cases, or roughly 67.2 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 209,329 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (418,734 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 9,331.

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: 637,394
Deaths: 9,331
Recoveries: 418,734*
Active cases: 209,329*

*—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: 1,095 new cases; 256,031 confirmed. 3,378 patients have died. (215,405 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 446 new cases; 110,679 confirmed. 2,141 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 914 new cases; 83,515 confirmed. 443 patients have died. (77,953 recoveries)

Jamaica: 204 new cases; 41,604 confirmed. 646 patients have died. (18,566 recoveries)

French Guiana: 123 new cases; 17,441 confirmed. 94 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 13 new cases; 12,816 confirmed. 251 patients have died. (11,427 recoveries)

Belize: Eight new cases; 12,485 confirmed. 318 patients have died. (12,106 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 459 new cases; 12,140 confirmed. 174 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Guyana: 135 new cases; 10,853 confirmed. 252 patients have died. (9,517 recoveries)

Curaçao: 207 new cases;  10,392 confirmed. 58 patients have died. (5,762 recoveries)

Aruba: 62 new cases; 9,896 confirmed. 92 patients have died. (9,205 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 26 new cases; 9,296 confirmed. 189 patients have died. (8,811 recoveries)

Suriname: 16 new cases; 9,200 confirmed. 177 patients have died. (8,637 recoveries)

Martinique: 724 new cases; 9,028 confirmed. 57 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 41 new cases; 8,276 confirmed. 145 patients have died. (7,699 recoveries)

St Lucia: Eight new cases; 4,312 confirmed. 64 patients have died. (4,143 recoveries)

Barbados: Seven new cases; 3,704 confirmed. 44 patients have died. (3,576 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 17 new cases; 2,971 confirmed. 26 patients have died. (2,903 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: No new cases; 2,344 confirmed. 17 patients have died. (2,279 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 10 new cases; 2,174 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (2,106 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Eight new cases; 1,774 confirmed. 10 patients have died. (1,629 recoveries)

St Martin: 34 new cases; 1,693 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Bermuda: 89 new cases; 1,586 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (835 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Four new cases; 1,177 confirmed. 29 patients have died. (911 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 132 new cases; 907 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: One new case; 513 confirmed. Two patients have died. (487 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: 12 new cases; 178 confirmed. One patient has died. (159 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 165 confirmed. (159 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)