SAINT LUCIA RECORDS 33 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

Monday January 31st 2022, Saint Lucia confirmed a total of 33 new cases of COVID-19. These samples were processed on Sunday January 30, 2022 from a total of 118 samples of which 95 samples were from the Ezra Long Laboratory and 23 samples from the Laboratory Services and Consultations Limited. These samples were collected on January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2022. This number of positive cases makes up 27.97% of all the samples processed on that date.

Confirmation was also received of the recovery of 150 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health also reports one new COVID-19 death and one new COVID-19 related

Death, a 68-year-old male from the Gros-Islet district and a 65-year-old male from the Castries district.

Both of these deaths occurred during the period January 19, 2022 to January 25, 2022.

To date, a total of 51, 231 individuals have been fully vaccinated. Another 5, 947 are partially vaccinated

and 6, 183 have received their booster shot.