SEVENTEEN people have died as a result of Covid-19 on Thursday carrying the total death toll to more than 2,500.
In its latest Covid-19 update (940), the Ministry of Health also reported 567 new positive cases were taken from samples during the period December 12 to December 15.
The 17 deaths included:
- 7 elderly men;
- 4 elderly women;
- 4 middle-aged men; and
- 2 middle-aged women.
Eight of the people who passed away had multiple comorbidities, five had only one and four none.
See below:
Total people tested: 482, 951
New cases: 567
Active cases: 14, 661
Patients recovered: 65, 966
Total positive cases: 83, 130
Deaths: 2,503
Patients in hospital: 514
Patients in step-down Facilities: 158
Patients in state quarantine: 60
Patients in home isolation: 13,422
Total persons vaccinated with 1st dose of a Two Dose Regime: 654, 848
Total persons vaccinated with 2nd dose of a Two Dose Regime: 611,253
Total persons vaccinated with a Single Dose Regime: 46, 655
Total persons with a Completed Vaccination Regime: 657, 908
Total persons with Additional Primary Dose and Booster: 49, 372
Percentage of patients in the parallel healthcare system who are not fully vaccinated: 88.1%, 7,540 out of 8,555 based on data from July 22, 2021 to December 1, 2021.
Deaths recorded for the year:
January: 7
February: 5
March: 3
April: 27
May: 326
June: 352
July: 230
August: 217
September: 191
October : 214
November : 462
December 1: 19
December 2: 21
December 3: 17
December 4: 21
December 5: 26
December 6: 19
December 7: 22
December 8: 17
December 9: 16
December 10: 25
December 11: 22
December 12: 24
December 13: 22
December 14: 25
December 15: 32
December 16: 17
