SAINT LUCIA RECORDS 345 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

Friday September 3rd 2021, Saint Lucia confirmed 345 new cases of COVID-19. These cases were processed on Thursday September 2, 2021 at the Ezra Long Laboratory from a batch of 892 samples.

The Ministry of Health also reports eight new COVID-19 deaths, a 64 year old female from the Gros-Islet district, s a 46 year old female from the Gros-Islet district, a 48 year old female from the Gros-Islet district, a 56 year old female from the Babonneau district, a 51 year old male from the Gros-Islet district, a 34 year old male from the Castries district, a 72 year old male from the Soufriere district and a 93 year old male from the Castries district.

Confirmation was also received of the recovery of 78 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.

To date, a total of 34, 926 individuals have received the first dose of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine and 27, 986 have received the second dose. For the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 3, 627 individuals have received the first dose and 72 individuals have received the second dose.