Sunday November 15, 2020, Saint.Lucia’s the Ministry of Health received confirmation of nine new
cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 171.
All of these individuals, after being assessed and tested for COVID-19, were placed in quarantine by health practitioners while awaiting receipt of their test results.
Five of these cases were identified through the contact tracing process and epidemiological links have been established for five cases.
As per protocol, arrangements have been made to place these
individuals into care.
The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce the recovery of a total of 13 cases of COVID-19 from
Thursday November 12, 2020 to today November 15, 2020. These 13 individuals have been released
from care and reintegrated into their communities. This now brings the total number of active cases
currently in country to 110. At present, one of the active cases remains in critical care at the
Respiratory Hospital and all of the remaining active cases are stable.
The Ministry of Health once more reminds everyone to practice daily the infection prevention and
control guidelines to minimize the risk of spreading the virus.
