According to the latest COVID-19 report from NEMO’s Health Services Subcommittee, 107 new laboratory confirmed cases of the virus here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from 495 samples processed on Tuesday September 21st 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 21.6 percent.
There are currently nineteen patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Eighteen are unvaccinated and one patient is partially vaccinated.
A further five patients have been admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. All are unvaccinated and the vaccination status of one patient is awaiting verification.
Twelve new recoveries were noted over the reporting period. 697 cases are currently active and seventeen persons with COVID-19 have died. 3,071 cases of COVID-19 and 2,357 recoveries have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020.
According to the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment’s latest COVID-19 update dashboard, 13,093 people have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in SVG.
