Today Sunday June 5, 2022 the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs confirms a total of 63 new cases of COVID-19. These samples were processed on Saturday June 4, 2022 from a total of 204 samples of which 186 samples were from the Ezra Long Laboratory and 18 samples from the Laboratory Services and Consultations Limited. These samples were collected on June 3, 2022 and June 4, 2022. This number of positive cases makes up 30.9% of all the samples processed on that date. These new cases bring the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 26, 206.

Confirmation was also received of the recovery of 106 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. The number of active cases in country to date is 620. Currently, there are twenty six positive cases of COVID-19 admitted at the Respiratory Hospital, of which two of them are severely ill and two are critically ill.

To date, a total of 54, 044 individuals have been fully vaccinated. Another 5, 331 are partially vaccinated and 7, 501 have received their booster shot.

Vaccination will resume on Tuesday June 7, 2022 at various Wellness Centres as per the published COVID-19 vaccination schedule. Vaccination will be available from 9am to 12noon.

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs will continue providing daily updates to the public as new information becomes available. For more information, please contact the Office of the Chief Medical Officer or the Epidemiology Unit, at 468-5309/468-5317 respectively.