The weekend saw two more COVID deaths, which brings the total number to 24 since March. The victims are a a male in his late 70s who had been admitted at KHMH ICU, and a 62 year old female from Orange Walk.
With 1854 confirmed cases of COVID since March, and 24 deaths, the case fatality rate in Belize is now 1.3%. For comparison Jamaica is at 1.5%, Barbados is at less than 1%; Guayana is at 3%, Guatemala is at 3.6% while the municipality of Othon P Blanco, Mexico which includes Chetumal and all surrounding villages is at 5.6%.
Over the weekend - between Friday night and Sunday night, 722 tests were processed, and 96 were positive, which is a positivity rate of 13%.
Presently, Belize has 634 active cases and 1,196 recovered - meaning that active cases now comprise only a third of the total number of infected persons.
