St. Lucia records two new cases of COVID-19

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Apr 29, CMC – Less than a week after St. Lucia announced that all 15 positive cases had recovered, the island on Wednesday, recorded two more cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Health in a statement said that it had received the results of 44 samples for persons tested for COVID-19 and of that batch, there were two positive results and 42 negative.

“The first of the two positive results is a 54 year-old female, diabetic, who is a direct contact from a previous positive case and has been in isolation from April 4. She is clinically doing well. The second case is a 20 year-old male, son of a previous confirmed case, who has been in isolation from April 4, and is doing well,” the Ministry of Health said in the statement.

It said that both of the new cases “are contacts of a confirmed case and have been monitored in quarantine and isolation at the Rodney Bay Public Health Facility from April 4”.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George, had last Wednesday said that the island had recorded a 100 per cent recovery rate for all 15 patients who had tested positive for the virus.

We want to hear from you! Email us at star@gleanerjm.com and follow @thejamaicastar on Instagram and on twitter @JamaicaStar, and on Facebook: @TheJamaicaStar.