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Amidst many challenges and with the odds stacked against them, collectively, countries and territories across the Caribbean have recorded their 62nd consecutive week of keeping mostly closed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, even as the regional outbreak continues to ebb.

Despite the milestone, the region sees little change to the pandemic situation, however, as new infections (22,597) over the last seven days were marginally outnumbered their closed case counterparts (18,311).

Our Today analysis of regional data finds 25 of the 32 affected countries and territories have reported new cases within the last 48 hours. A status update from the British Virgin Islands was not forthcoming since the last regional report.

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago rank as the five worst-hit territories in the region this week. 

Additionally, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Cayman Islands remain under a worrying spike in cases coinciding with the Delta variant’s introduction in local populations.

As at 5:21 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Thursday, November 11, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 2,115,946 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 1,718,496 cases, or roughly 81.21 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are an estimated 397,450 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (1,690,310 recoveries to date, barring insufficient data from Puerto Rico, French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique).

In the meantime, the total number of patients who succumbed to coronavirus-related complications spiked to 28,186.

See Our Today’s latest situational analysis on COVID-19 in the Caribbean below:

Confirmed cases to date: 2,115,946
Deaths: 28,186
Recoveries: 1,690,310*
Active cases: 397,450*

*—Data from Health Departments and Agencies across the Caribbean. (Full or partial recovery statistics have not been forthcoming from Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, St Martin, French Guiana, Saint-Barthélemy and Martinique)

Cuba: 403 new cases; 957,735 confirmed. 8,278 patients have died. (947,326 recoveries)

Dominican Republic: 1,193 new cases; 392,223 confirmed. 4,156 patients have died. (384,180 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 152 new cases; 186,425 confirmed. 3,247 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Jamaica: 108 new cases; 89,926 confirmed. 2,302 patients have died. (59,936 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 512 new cases; 60,475 confirmed. 1,806 patients have died. (52,633 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 166 new cases; 54,920 confirmed. 742 patients have died. (2,250 recoveries)

Suriname: 90 new cases; 49,902 confirmed. 1,126 patients have died. (29,515 recoveries)

French Guiana: 61 new cases; 45,306 confirmed. 318 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Martinique: 81 new cases; 43,962 confirmed. 700 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Guyana: 134 new cases; 36,439 confirmed. 952 patients have died. (33,097 recoveries)

Belize: 167 new cases; 28,568 confirmed. 530 patients have died. (25,954 recoveries)

Haiti: 105 new cases; 24,223 confirmed. 702 patients have died. (20,551 recoveries)

The Bahamas: Eight new cases; 22,552 confirmed. 665 patients have died. (21,423 recoveries)

Barbados: 335 new cases; 21,011 confirmed. 187 patients have died. (13,512 recoveries)

Curaçao: 11 new cases;  17,187 confirmed. 175 patients have died. (16,922 recoveries)

Aruba: 14 new cases; 16,039 confirmed. 172 patients have died. (15,717 recoveries)

St Lucia: 28 new cases; 12,785 confirmed. 267 patients have died. (12,220 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 23 new cases; 7,329 confirmed. 84 patients have died. (7,157 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 5,863 confirmed. 200 patients have died. (5,587 recoveries)

Bermuda: No new cases; 5,688 confirmed. 106 patients have died. (5,520 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: 44 new cases; 5,167 confirmed. 69 patients have died. (3,972 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 5,070 confirmed. 33 patients have died. (4,683 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Six new cases; 4,526 confirmed. 75 patients have died. (4,425 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Six new cases; 4,102 confirmed. 105 patients have died. (3,889 recoveries)

St Martin: 19 new cases; 3,925 confirmed. 56 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: 73 new cases; 3,427 confirmed. Two patients have died. (1,240 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: Three new cases; 3,021 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (2,939 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: No reported new cases; 2,725 confirmed. 37 patients have died. (2,649 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: No new cases; 2,717 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,584 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 1,590 confirmed. Six patients have died. (462 recoveries)

Anguilla: 38 new cases; 1,077 confirmed. Two patients have died. (996 recoveries)

Montserrat: No new cases; 41 confirmed. One patient has died.  (37 recoveries)

NB: There are no countries without active cases at this time