THE highest number of deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic was reported today – Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
The Ministry of Health in its latest Covid-19 update (#939) reported 32 deaths.
The deaths were:
- 15 elderly men;
- 8 elderly women;
- 3 middle-aged men; and
- 6 middle-aged females.
Sixteen had multiple comorbidities while ten had only one and six were without any known pre-existing conditions, the ministry reported.
It stated that there were 706 new positive cases taken from samples during the period December 11 to December 14.
See below:
Total people tested: 482,101
New cases: 706
Active cases: 14, 583
Patients recovered: 65, 494
Total positive cases: 82, 563
Deaths: 2,486
Patients in hospital: 524
Patients in step-down Facilities: 152
Patients in state quarantine: 55
Patients in home isolation: 13,201
Total persons vaccinated with 1st dose of a Two Dose Regime: 654, 287
Total persons vaccinated with 2nd dose of a Two Dose Regime: 610,475
Total persons vaccinated with a Single Dose Regime: 46,451
Total persons with a Completed Vaccination Regime: 656, 926
Total persons with Additional Primary Dose and Booster: 46, 602
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 November 24, 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
