15 Recoveries today

PHILIPSBURG -- As of September 25th, there were nine (9) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however, there were a recovery of fifteen (15) persons; reducing the total active cases to seventy-three (73). The total number of confirmed cases is now six hundred and twenty-seven (627). The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) are monitoring sixty-nine (69) people in home isolation. Three patients are hospitalized (3) at the St. Maarten Medical Center and one patient is isolated (1) and being monitored. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at twenty- two (22). The number of people recovered since the first case surfaced on St. Maarten is five hundred and thirty-two (532). One hundred and twenty-two (122) people are in quarantine based on contact tracing investigations carried out by CPS of persons who may have been in contact with any of the active cases. CPS has tested 1013 travelers arriving at the Princess Juliana International Airport, (PJIA) and 1946 people throughout the community. As the numbers continue to fluctuate, CPS will continue to actively execute its contact tracing measures. In continuous efforts to control the spread of the virus, wear your masks, practice social distancing, sanitize your hands frequently, wash your hands with soap, and refrain from mass gatherings.