Four people died and 105 new cases were reported as Haiti became the first Caribbean Community (Caricom) country to register more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), health authorities reported Tuesday.
The Ministry of Public Health in its daily bulletin said that the pandemic is “accelerating throughout the national territory” and that the number of people infected in 24 hours “for the first time exceeds the bar of 100 cases to reach 105 new cases for a total of 1,063”.
As had been the case in previous reports, the Ministry of Health said that men continued to account for the majority of the cases with 60.3 per cent, while women were at 39.7 per cent.
The authorities said that the four deaths – three in the west and the other in Nippes – brought the total number of people who have died since the first COVID-19 case was recorded on March 19, to 31 and appealed to nationals to continue to follow the various guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of the virus that was first detected in China last year and blamed for 364,000 deaths and 5.5 million others infected worldwide.
The Ministry of Public Health said the number of active cases is now 1,010 with 3,328 suspected cases while 294 people have been hospitalized and 104 people are quarantined at home.
