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\u202f\u00a0(Dashboard Update for March 19, 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-two (22) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Thursday 18th March 2021 at 6pm.<\/p>

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These new cases were as a result of one hundred and fifteen (115) samples processed by MSJMC and thirty-eight (38) processed by CARPHA.<\/p>\n

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Seventy-one (71) recovered cases have been recorded bringing the total to six hundred and eighty-five (685).<\/p>\n

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One (1) COVID-19 related death was recorded bringing the total to twenty-eight (28).<\/p>\n

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Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is one thousand and thirty-three (1033); which is inclusive of three hundred and twenty (320) active cases.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, one hundred and forty-two (142) Covid-19 vaccines were administered since the last publication bringing the total number of individuals vaccinated to twenty five thousand five hundred and fifty-two (25,552).<\/p>\n

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

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