And while the police are playing hardball - the almost 500 active cases now confirmed in Belize are proof of how rapidly the variants spread, when just only three months ago, we had less than 100. With the 79 confirmed cases and 42 new recoveries reported today, the active cases stand at 493. 16 of those are hospitalized, and according to Dr Cuellar, they are unvaccinated. 5 of them are in the ICU. And one more COVID patient is in the morgue. The new death toll is now 341.

Of the new cases, 41 are from the Belize District with 31 being reported in Belize City. 19 of them are in the Cayo District.

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