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(Dashboard Update for February 5, 2021)<\/p>

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The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre (MSJMC) has revealed nine new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 3rd February 2021.<\/p>\n

Subsequent to the publication of the dashboard for Tuesday 2nd February 2021with the cut off time of 6pm, seventy-five (75) additional samples were processed by MSJMC increasing the pending results from two hundred and four (204) to two hundred and seventy-nine (279) samples in total.<\/p>

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Of the seventy-five (75) additional samples processed by MSJMC, sixty-six (66) were negative and nine (9) positive. The nine cases are non-imported. Investigations have begun and contact tracing and testing are ongoing.<\/p>

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The two hundred and four samples which were sent to CARPHA on February 03rd are still pending from the total of two hundred and seventy-nine.<\/p>\n

The seventy-five (75) samples are reflected in the total persons tested and total samples taken columns of the dashboard.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, two new recoveries have been recorded bringing that total to one hundred and eighty-three (183).<\/p>\n

Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is two hundred and seventy-seven (277); which is inclusive of eighty-seven (87) active cases.<\/p>

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The dashboard has been updated to reflect these changes.<\/p>

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