Two elderly males, three elderly females, one middle aged female and one young adult female, all with co-morbidities, as well as one middle aged male without co-morbidities are the latest COVID-19 patients to succumb to the virus. The latest deaths bring the COVID-19 death toll to 1,613.
The Ministry of Health says there are also 138 new Positive cases of the virus. The number of active cases now stands at 4,266. There are 289 are patients at hospital.
As the Ministry continues to roll out its vaccination programme, 571,031 persons are now considered fully vaccinated with 612,861 receiving one dose of a two-dose regimen.