And while Galvez is now another politician who has contracted COVID - the death continue to mount.
Currently, the number of deaths are only four short of a hundred. Monday saw four persons dying - three males and one female.
Two of the males were from the Toledo District while the other one was a man in his 70's from Orange Walk. The female was from Corozal. Yesterday, two more persons died - one female in her late 50's from Orange Walk and a male in his 70's from Belmopan. Our case fatality rate now stands at 1.95%.
Belize now ranks 71 of 219 in cases per capita and 51 in deaths among the nation and territories tracked on the COVID world meter. We also rank 121 in testing per capita.