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The British Virgin Islands is the latest Caribbean territory to be back on zero active coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, as the region’s recovery rate outpaced new infections.

In the last four days, the Caribbean recorded slightly more closed cases (9,297) than new infections (8,254)—with the spike seemingly cooling.  The region heads toward a commendable 25 weeks of keeping majority closed cases.

Six days away from the one-year anniversary since the pandemic first infiltrated Caribbean shores, analysis of regional data by Our Today has noted 23 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 8:09 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Thursday, February 25, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 529,363 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 345,074 cases, or roughly 65.2 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 184,289 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (327,735 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 8,163.

At the time of publication, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Grenada were the Caribbean’s only territories without active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 529,363
Deaths: 8,163
Recoveries: 336,911*
Active cases: 184,289*

*—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: 746 new cases; 237,629 confirmed. 3,075 patients have died. (188,300 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 43 new cases; 99,519 confirmed. 2,016 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 670 new cases; 47,566 confirmed. 312 patients have died. (42,809 recoveries)

Jamaica: 248 new cases; 22,267 confirmed. 410 patients have died. (13,173 recoveries)

French Guiana: No new cases; 16,529 confirmed. 83 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 27 new cases; 12,352 confirmed. 247 patients have died. (9,570 recoveries)

Belize: Seven new cases; 12,271 confirmed. 315 patients have died. (11,816 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 218 new cases; 9,746 confirmed. 159 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Suriname: 12 new cases; 8,892 confirmed. 170 patients have died. (8,371 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 19 new cases; 8,496 confirmed. 179 patients have died. (7,274 recoveries)

Guyana: Five new cases; 8,457 confirmed. 192 patients have died. (7,834 recoveries)

Aruba: 29 new cases; 7,804 confirmed. 71 patients have died. (7,494 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Seven new cases; 7,697 confirmed. 139 patients have died. (7,436 recoveries)

Martinique: 62 new cases; 6,687 confirmed. 45 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: Three new cases;  4,708 confirmed. 22 patients have died. (4,624 recoveries)

St Lucia: Seven new cases; 3,149 confirmed. 34 patients have died. (2,879 recoveries)

Barbados: 55 new cases; 2,907 confirmed. 32 patients have died. (2,092 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 10 new cases; 2,623 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,497 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 19 new cases; 2,070 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (1,819 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Three new cases; 2,050 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,983 recoveries)

St Martin: 47 new cases; 1,544 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Seven new cases; 1,526 confirmed. Six patients have died. (905 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 703 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (681 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: 10 new cases; 646 confirmed. 14 patients have died. (233 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 61 new cases; 573 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 431 confirmed. Two patients have died. (405 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 141 confirmed. (126 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 41 confirmed. (40 recoveries)

Monserrat: No new cases; 20 confirmed. One patient has died. (11 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

British Virgin Islands: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 153 cases, one patient died)

Anguilla: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 18 cases)

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