{"id":124559,"date":"2021-02-25T20:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anrupdate.com\/?p=124559"},"modified":"2021-02-25T20:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:52:44","slug":"55-new-cases-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/55-new-cases-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"55 new cases of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Dashboard Update for February 25, 2021)<\/div>\n
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The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre (MSJMC) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have revealed fifty-five (55) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 24th February 2021 at 6pm.<\/div>\n
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Subsequent to the publication of the dashboard for Wednesday 24th February 2021 with the cut off time of 6pm, an additional forty-eight (48) samples were processed at MSJMC increasing the pending results from three hundred (300) to three hundred and forty-eight (348) in total.<\/div>\n
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Of the one hundred and fifty-four (154) samples processed by MSJMC, one hundred and twenty-six (126) were negative and twenty-eight (28) positive.\u00a0 Twelve (12) of these positive cases were repeat tests.<\/div>\n
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Of the one hundred and ninety-four (194) samples sent to CARPHA, one hundred and fifty-one (151) were negative and forty-three (43) positive.\u00a0 Four (4) of these positive cases were repeat tests.<\/div>\n
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All fifty-five (55) positive cases are non-imported.<\/div>\n
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Thirty-eight (38) recoveries have been recorded bringing the total to two hundred and seventy-one (271).<\/p>

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Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is seven hundred and one (701); which is inclusive of four hundred and sixteen (416) active cases.<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, one hundred and sixty-two (162) samples are pending. The dashboard has been updated to reflect these changes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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