{"id":125459,"date":"2021-03-15T22:17:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T02:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=125459"},"modified":"2021-03-15T22:17:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T02:17:36","slug":"20-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/20-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"20 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Dashboard Update for March 15, 2021)<\/p>

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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 twenty (20) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Saturday 13th March 2021 at 6pm.<\/p>\n

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These new cases were as a result of twenty-six (26) samples sent to MSJMC and one hundred (100) samples processed by CARPHA.<\/p>

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Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is nine hundred and eighty-three (983); which is inclusive of three hundred and fifty-eight (358) active cases.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, five hundred and eighty-eight (588) Covid-19 vaccines were administered since the last publication bringing the total number of individuals vaccinated to twenty four thousand one hundred and sixty-four (24,164).<\/p>\n

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

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