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The Caribbean is starting to feel the full weight of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as the region is less than 24 hours away from hitting over 400,000 cases.

Without a doubt, the pandemic’s third wave is sweeping the region—Our Today analysis has noted 22 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 2:19 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Tuesday, January 12, collated data from respective health departments across the region have indicated a combined total of 397,210 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 244,202 cases, or roughly 61.48  per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 153,008 active cases regionally.

The encouraging figures were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (237,788 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 6,414.

The British-governed island of Montserrat remains 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: 397,210
Deaths: 6,414
Recoveries: 237,788*
Active cases: 153,008*

—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: 1,506 new cases; 184,788 confirmed. 2,427 patients have died. (139,867 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 349 new cases; 83,468 confirmed. 1,645 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 487 new cases; 15,494 confirmed. 155 patients have died. (12,252 recoveries)

French Guiana: 149 new cases; 14,370 confirmed. 73 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Jamaica: 123 new cases; 13,760 confirmed. 315 patients have died. (11,526 recoveries)

Belize: 29 new cases; 11,332 confirmed. 275 patients have died. (10,419 recoveries)

Haiti: 114 new cases; 10,386 confirmed. 238 patients have died. (8,841 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 8,776 confirmed. 154 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

The Bahamas: No new cases; 8,004 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (6,331 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Eight new cases; 7,273 confirmed. 128 patients have died. (6,863 recoveries)

Suriname: 56 new cases; 7,064 confirmed. 138 patients have died. (6,321 recoveries)

Guyana: 14 new cases; 6,588 confirmed. 170 patients have died. (6,040 recoveries)

Martinique: 93 new cases; 6,184 confirmed. 43 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Aruba: 26 new cases; 6,068 confirmed. 52 patients have died. (5,479 recoveries)

Curaçao: Six new cases;  4,464 confirmed. 19 patients have died. (3,985 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 13 new cases; 2,166 confirmed. 24 patients have died. (2,008 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 20 new cases; 1,575 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (1,445 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,025 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (855 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 29 new cases; 994 confirmed. Six patients have died. (812 recoveries)

Barbados: Six new cases; 884 confirmed. Seven patients have died. (399 recoveries)

Bermuda: Four new cases; 656 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (554 recoveries)

St Lucia: 16 new cases; 478 confirmed. Five patients have died. (309 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: Three new cases; 362 confirmed. Two patients have died. (316 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Five new cases; 253 confirmed. (106 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 206 confirmed. One patient has died. (172 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 176 confirmed. Five patients have died. (152 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 132 confirmed. One patient has died (123 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No new cases; 114 confirmed. One patient has died. (95 recoveries) 

Dominica: Three new cases; 109 confirmed. (101 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)