The Minister of
Public Health, Social Development and
Labor, Omar Ottley extends his heartfelt condolences to the family and friends
of Sint Maarten’s 69th COVID-19
victim, who has passed away. Peace and healing go out to the family during this
time.
As of October 8th, there were eight
(8) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however eight (8) persons have
recovered; bringing the total active cases to one hundred twenty two (122). The
total number of confirmed cases is now four thousand four hundred three (4403).
The Collective Prevention Services
(CPS) are monitoring one hundred sixteen (116) people in home isolation. Six
(6) patients remain hospitalized at the St. Maarten Medical Center. The total
number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased to sixty nine (69).
The number of people recovered since
the first case surfaced on St. Maarten has increased to four thousand two
hundred twelve (4212). Ninety two (92) people are in quarantine based on
contact tracing investigations carried out by CPS.
The total number of persons tested is
53,105.
As the numbers continue to fluctuate,
CPS will continue to actively execute its contact tracing measures.
Special thanks to VMT for their assistance
at the community COVID-19 vaccination
pop-up today. Your hard work and dedication is appreciated.