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The country now has access to a refrigerated container for the storage of bodies, if required thanks to rogers storage<\/a><\/p>

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However, it remained unused up to Tuesday afternoon as efforts continue to ensure funeral homes can have more space.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday the Ministry of Health released three separate dashboards, confirming that the country\u2019s COVID-19 cases have passed the 3,000-mark, while additional storage capacity been put in place at the hospital\u2019s morgue.<\/p>

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On Thursday, September 23, there were 106 new cases out of of 83 samples processed at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre and 165 at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).<\/p>

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Health officials report that on Friday, September 24, 115 positive cases were realized from 118 samples tested at the hospital and 320 at CARPHA.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Saturday, September 25, 79 samples were processed locally, with the numbers dropping to only 16 lab-confirmed infections. These brought the total active cases to 961.<\/p>

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There are 52 people in the hospital, 10 of whom are reported to have severe symptoms. However, over the three-day period, there were 241 recovered cases, increasing that total to 2,123.<\/p>\n

On the downside, Health officials confirmed that there have been 76 COVID-19 related deaths in Antigua and Barbuda, with 12 recorded between September 23 and 27.<\/p>

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Since the most recent dashboard puts the number of cases at 3,160, it means that this country\u2019s COVID-19 mortality rate is 2.4%. It is the second-highest in the sub-region, coming in behind Grenada, where the death rate is 2.6%.<\/p>

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