PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Several Caribbean community (CARICOM) nations recorded significant increases in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases by the end of last month.
Haiti logged 34 new COVID-19 cases. The country’s Ministry of Public Health said the new cases brought the total to 7,412 cases since the first case was reported on Mar. 19. Two new deaths were also recorded in the West and North Departments, bringing the national total to 161.
Haiti has 2,784 active cases and the health authorities are investigating 18,174 other suspected cases.
Guyana’s Ministry of Public Health reported 401 positive COVID-19 cases as of July 30.
In The Bahamas, authorities confirmed 508 cases. Three deaths were confirmed on July 30, bringing the death toll to 14.
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That day, Suriname reported 39 positive cases, and official data indicated total infections was 1,650.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health said there had been 169 positive cases with eight deaths since the start of the pandemic.
As of July 30, Jamaica had 824 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections. Some 324 were imported and 246 were contacts of imported cases. Another 44 were local transmissions. The authorities said 236 cases came from the Alorica call center, referred to by the health authorities as a workplace cluster.
Late last month, Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness warned that the government would shut down places of amusement and establishments within the entertainment sector and other industries, if a certain level of adherence to the established coronavirus protocols is not maintained.
There are 20,784 people in quarantine across Jamaica, the majority (20,749) are in home quarantine
