A TEENAGED girl is among 25 people to succumb to Covid-19 on Friday.
This was revealed in the latest update (#934) of the Ministry of Health.
It means that 203 people have died due to Covid-19 in the first ten days of December.
It also revealed 898 new cases, the second-highest number since the pandemic started, taken from samples during the period December 7 to 9.
On December 3, the ministry reported 984 new cases. And on December 9, 881 new Covid-19 cases were reported.
The people who passed away included:
- 10 elderly men;
- 4 elderly women;
- 5 middle-aged men;
- 5 middle-aged women; and
- 1 teenage girl.
The ministry reported six of the people who passed had no known comorbidity.
See below:
Total people tested: 470,218
New cases: 898
Active cases: 13,866
Patients recovered: 63.010
Total positive cases: 79,237
Deaths: 2,361
Patients in hospital: 495
Patients in step-down Facilities: 159
Patients in state quarantine: 98
Patients in home isolation: 12,314
Total persons vaccinated with 1st dose of a Two Dose Regime: 652,020
Total persons vaccinated with 2nd dose of a Two Dose Regime: 607,625
Total persons vaccinated with a Single Dose Regime: 45,625
Total persons with a Completed Vaccination Regime: 653,077
Total persons with Additional Primary Dose: 38,72
Percentage of patients in the parallel healthcare system who are not fully vaccinated: 89.0%, 6,789 out of 7,626 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: 25
