5 confirmed COVID-19 cases today
As of July 10th, there were five (5) persons who tested positive for COVID-19. There were no recoveries today. The total active cases are now at twenty two (22). The total number of confirmed cases is two thousand six hundred thirty eight (2638).
The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) are monitoring eighteen (18) people in home isolation. Four (4) patients are hospitalized at the St. Maarten Medical Center. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at thirty four (34).
The number of people recovered since the first case surfaced on St. Maarten remains at two thousand five hundred eighty two (2582). Twenty seven (27) people are in quarantine based on contact tracing investigations carried out by CPS.
The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA) Airport Health Team in collaboration with Health Care Laboratory Sint Maarten (HCLS) have tested 3, 304 travelers arriving at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), while CPS tested 35, 043 people throughout the community. As the numbers continue to fluctuate, CPS will continue to actively execute its contact tracing measures.
Minister Ottley would like to thank everyone who came out to this weekend vaccination pop-up clinics. Together we can accomplish our goal of herd immunity.
