This country recorded another COVID-19 related death yesterday bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 95.
According to the Health Services Sub Committee of NEMO, a 77-year-old man died in Bequia yesterday after being tested positive for COVID-19.
The man was admitted to the Port Elizabeth Hospital yesterday. He later died of COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Health officials say the man was unvaccinated and his death brings the death toll from COVID-19 to 95.
Two new PCR cases and 79 new Rapid Antigen cases were recorded yesterday, bring the total number of active cases to 803.
Seventeen patients are hospitalized – four of whom are fully vaccinated, two are partially vaccinated and 11 unvaccinated.
The Health Officials say 97-thousand, 188 tests have been done to date.
Under the National Vaccination Program, 34-thousand 424 persons received their first dose; 27-thousand 872 had their second dose and 2-thousand 472 received booster shots. The total number of vaccines administered 64-thousand 768.