{"id":247161,"date":"2020-03-29T19:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T23:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=247161"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:51:33","slug":"st-lucia-records-five-new-cases-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/st-lucia-records-five-new-cases-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucia records five new cases of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247167\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-update-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-update-3.png 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-update-3-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St Lucia has recorded five new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>This takes the total number of confirmed cases in that country to nine.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sharon Belmar-George, made the announcement during a live briefing on the pandemic in St Lucia on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Sunday, March 29, 2020, the Ezra Long Lab at the OKEU Hospital reported a total of five new cases of COVID-19. This now brings the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded nationally to nine, &#8221; Belmar-George said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Case 1 is a 24-year-old female with a travel history to New York. She was quarantined at home and presented to our health facility on March 27.\u00a0Case 2 is a 45-year-old female with a travel history to New York who presented to our health care facility on March 24.\u00a0Case 3 is a 47-year-old female with recent travel history to Barbados and Dominica. She presented to our health facility on March 27,&#8221; the Chief Medical Officer revealed. &#8220;Case 4 is a 36-year-old male with a travel history to Barbados and presented to our health care facility on March 27.\u00a0Case 5 is a 74-year-old female with no travel history or known contact with an individual with travel history. She presented at our health facility on March 27.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Case 5 who has no travel history or known contact with anyone with travel history, points to the existence of local transmission of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Lucia CMO said aggressive tracing of the contacts of these cases is currently underway by health teams dispatched to the communities of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Grenada on Saturday confirmed 2 more cases of Covid-19, bringing the island&#8217;s total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 to nine.\u00a0 One is an imported case, and the other is likely an import-related case, with relatives who were visiting from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Lucia has recorded five new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This takes the total number of confirmed cases in that country to nine. 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