The Caribbean nears a record 22-straight weeks of recording more closed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), however, as the third wave of the pandemic rages globally, new infections are keeping pace. 

In the last four days, the region recorded slightly more closed cases (11,211) than new infections (10,283)—as the region gets some respite from the virus’ resurgence since the start of 2021.

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 19 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 11:14 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Sunday, February 14, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 500,904 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 317,765 cases, or roughly 63.4 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 182,329 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 7,801.

At the time of publication, Grenada stands alone as the Caribbean’s only country without active cases.

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

Dominican Republic: 873 new cases; 229,768 confirmed. 2,944 patients have died. (176,778 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 389 new cases; 97,313 confirmed. 1,919 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 806 new cases; 38,829 confirmed. 266 patients have died. (33,167 recoveries)

Jamaica: 205 new cases; 19,035 confirmed. 374 patients have died. (12,593 recoveries)

French Guiana: 160 new cases; 16,456 confirmed. 80 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Belize: 11 new cases; 12,145 confirmed. 313 patients have died. (11,626 recoveries)

Haiti: 61 new cases; 11,969 confirmed. 246 patients have died. (9,177 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 9,351 confirmed. 156 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: Nine new cases; 8,803 confirmed. 166 patients have died. (8,214 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,311 confirmed. 178 patients have died. (6,931 recoveries)

Guyana: 24 new cases; 8,231 confirmed. 186 patients have died. (7,383 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: No new cases; 7,642 confirmed. 138 patients have died. (7,346 recoveries)

Aruba: 13 new cases; 7,413 confirmed. 68 patients have died. (7,067 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 6,553 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: Eight new cases;  4,650 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (4,586 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 19 new cases; 2,524 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,399 recoveries)

St Lucia: 32 new cases; 2,519 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (1,708 recoveries)

Barbados: 114 new cases; 2,061 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (1,616 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Three new cases; 1,994 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,889 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 36 new cases; 1,869 confirmed. 13 patients have died. (1,547 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: No new cases; 1,418 confirmed. Six patients have died. (554 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,408 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,050 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 694 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (675 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 455 confirmed. One patient has died. (247 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 427 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (199 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 416 confirmed. Two patients have died. (378 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: Two new cases; 153 confirmed. One patient has died. (148 recoveries) 

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

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case; 41 confirmed. (39 recoveries)

Monserrat: One new case; 20 confirmed. One patient has died. (13 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 18 confirmed. (16 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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