Belize: Covid-19 cases - 1435 cases and 19 deaths

[Marylou]

July 16 2020 Belize reports 40 cases and 2 deaths

This is our data for today.
A further set of 119 samples (second highest number for a day) were done today including the samples from contact tracing done in Blue Creek, all of these are negative.
We do have another positive case, this is in a person that came in through the repatriation process. She is an elderly female with underlying heart conditions who is in home quarantine due to her condition. The person is asymptomatic and remains under home quarantine.
All other samples were negative.
We also have another recovered case.

Total cases: 40
Active cases: 16
Under investigation: 98
Deaths: 2
Recovered: 22
Tests: 2786
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[Marylou]

July 21, 2020 Belize reports 43 cases and 2 deaths
Total cases: 43
Active cases: 18
Under investigation: 9
Deaths: 2
Recovered: 23
Tests: 3025
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 47 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 48 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

August 1, 2020. Belize reports 56 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

August 2, 2020. Belize reports 57 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

August 4, 2020. Belize reports 72 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

August 5, 2020. Belize reports 86 cases and 2 deaths.
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[Marylou]

August 6, Belize reports 114 cases and 2 deaths.


COVID-19 UPDATE

For the second time in a week, we have to report a record number of identified positive cases for one single day.

Today, we processed a total of 121 samples, some of these are still contacts from San Pedro, the northern districts and from the enhanced surveillance that is currently ongoing countrywide.

We can confirm a total of 28 positive cases for SARS-CoV2 and the preliminary breakdown is as follows (this may change as further information is gathered):

- 1 case in San Ignacio (associated to illegal entry)
- 1 case in Belmopan (apparent travel to San Pedro)
- 3 cases in the Northern Region (2 in Santa Marta and one in Orange Walk with link pending to be established)
- 20 cases in San Pedro (2 related to cluster associated to a church and 10 related to cluster #1, the remaining 8 pending to establish a link to any cluster)
- 3 in Belize City (2 are linked to San Pedro and one to OW)

We have recovered one case for a total of 80 active cases.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 146 cases and 2 deaths.
COVID-19 UPDATE

This is our data for today.

We are releasing until this hour as we are trying to reach the positive cases in the first instance.

A record numbers of tests for one single day was processed today - a total of 214.

We are able to confirm 32 new cases today. The full breakdown is being worked on but for now this is the preliminary data:

- 1 case in Stann Creek related to cluster in Santa Marta
- 1 case in Cayo (repatriation)
- 3 cases in Corozal (one single cluster related to San Pedro)
- 10 cases in Shipyard (related to cluster identified earlier in the week)

The majority of the remaining cases are for now related to the two clusters in San Pedro.

We are still working on the line listing but needed to share this preliminary data for now.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 153 cases and 2 deaths.

Our data today reveals a further 7 new cases: 5 in Orange Walk and 2 in San Pedro.

The 2 cases in San Pedro are linked to a construction site where the majority of workers seem to be from the Orange Walk District - contact tracing for this site is ongoing. We are seeing a possible link to one of the two other clusters previously identified on the island.

The 5 cases in Orange Walk are as follows:
- 2 in Shipyard and linked to initial cluster which has more than 10 active cases
- 1 case in Santa Martha
- 1 case in Yo Creek (linked to San Pedro)
- 1 case in August Pine Ridge (works in Orange Walk) - contact tracing has started in order to determine possible links.

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[Marylou]

Belize reports 154 cases and 2 deaths. Cases have more than doubled since August 4.
COVID-19 UPDATE
As highlighted yesterday, no specific set of samples were being run for today.
The extraction process and preparation of samples was started today to process a significant amount tomorrow Monday, August 10th. The total set of samples pending to be processed is close to 300 for now.
A small run of 3 samples was done today, we have one more positive in Belize City. The patient that had been hospitalized yesterday was discharged today.
Contact tracing continued through the weekend and the 3 actives clusters out of San Pedro continue to be monitored, we should be providing further details on this within 12 hours.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 177 cases and 2 deaths.
COVID-19 UPDATE
This is our data for today.
A total of 144 samples have been processed throughout the day.
We have a total of 23 new positive cases with a preliminary breakdown as follows:
- 3 cases in Belmopan (2 are linked to the previous identified positive case in Belmopan and the other case is linked to San Pedro)
- 2 cases in Orange Walk (1 from Santa Marta and 1 from Orange Walk Town linked to a previously identified case)
- 1 case in Caye Caulker (with no apparent link to any previously identified case for now)
- 5 cases in Belize City (1 case with no apparent link to any previously identified cases, 4 others linked to previously identified cases)
The remaining cases are in San Pedro.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 210 cases and 2 deaths.
COVID-19 UPDATE

This is our data for today, a total of 84 samples have been processed, the last remaining batch will be processed throughout the night.
In this batch we have a total of 33 positive cases with the breakdown as follows:
- 31 cases in San Pedro (related to the three active clusters)
- 1 case in Belize City (related to a previously identified cases in Belmopan)
- 1 case in Belmopan (related to a previously identified case in Belmopan).
We currently have two hospitalized cases.
We should note that we currently have 10 out the 176 active cases in health staff (6 from private sector / 4 in the public sector) with the majority of these cases to interaction outside of the health care setting.
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[Marylou]

Belize reports 296 cases and 2 deaths.
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