SAINT LUCIA RECORDS 104 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

Wednesday September 1, 2021, Saint Lucia confirmed 104 new cases of COVID-19. These cases are from a total of 322 samples processed at the Ezra Long Laboratory on Tuesday August 31, 2021.

The Ministry of Health also reports two new COVID-19 deaths, a 65 year old female from the Castries district and an 84 year old female from the Anse La Raye district.

Confirmation was also received of the recovery of 42 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.

Today Wednesday, September 1, 2021 the Government of Saint Lucia received its third installment of 24, 000 doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility. To date 34, 901 individuals have received the first dose of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine and 27, 942 have received the second dose.