A surge in recoveries has boosted the Caribbean’s response against the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as countries inch closer to 17 consecutive weeks of more closed cases than active infections.

The outbreak is an ever-changing situation, which has the potential to drastically change and deteriorate if a more infectious, third wave of the disease makes it way to a region already under strain.

The British-governed island of Montserrat is the Caribbean’s only jurisdiction without active cases, however, Our Today analysis has noted that 23 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 6:33 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Monday, January 4, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 367,253 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 233,011 cases, or roughly 63.44  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 134,252 active cases regionally.

The encouraging figures were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (226,777 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 6,234.

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

Dominican Republic: 2,043 new cases; 175,374 confirmed. 2,419 patients have died. (133,812 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 237 new cases; 78,169 confirmed. 1,555 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

French Guiana: 15 new cases; 13,288 confirmed. 71 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 154 new cases; 13,203 confirmed. 304 patients have died. (10,973 recoveries)

Cuba: 316 new cases; 12,740 confirmed. 147 patients have died. (10,837 recoveries)

Belize: 94 new cases; 10,901 confirmed. 250 patients have died. (9,994 recoveries)

Haiti: 50 new cases; 10,127 confirmed. 236 patients have died. (8,672 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 8,660 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 15 new cases; 7,914 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (6,239 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Six new cases; 7,168 confirmed. 127 patients have died. (6,690 recoveries)

Suriname: 50 new cases; 6,393 confirmed. 123 patients have died. (5,883 recoveries)

Guyana: Seven new cases; 6,358 confirmed. 164 patients have died. (5,899 recoveries)

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

Aruba: 32 new cases; 5,564 confirmed. 49 patients have died. (5,209 recoveries)

Curaçao: 23 new cases;  4,317 confirmed. 16 patients have died. (3,170 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: Six new cases; 2,042 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (1,920 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: No new cases; 1,462 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,360 recoveries)

St Martin: 32 new cases; 995 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (855 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: One new case; 910 confirmed. Six patients have died. (783 recoveries)

Bermuda: 18 new cases; 622 confirmed. 10 patients have died. (478 recoveries)

Barbados: 161 new cases; 556 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (319 recoveries)

St Lucia: No new cases; 353 confirmed. Five patients have died. (289 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 338 confirmed. Two patients have died. (294 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: Six new cases; 190 confirmed. One patient has died. (172 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: One new case; 160 confirmed. Five patients have died. (148 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 127 confirmed. One patient has died (107 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Two new cases; 124 confirmed. (100 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 88 confirmed. (83 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No new cases; 86 confirmed. One patient has died. (74 recoveries) 

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case; 33 confirmed. (31 recoveries)

Anguilla: Two new cases; 15 confirmed. (13 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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