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Countries across the Caribbean continue their fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, however, new infections have outpaced closed cases at the start of May.  

The region, while maintaining mostly closed cases for 37-straight weeks, registered more new infections (13,630) than closed cases (9,935) in the last five days.

Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic still rank as the four worst-hit territories in the Caribbean.

Analysis of regional data by Our Today has indicated that 20 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 3:47 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Tuesday, May 4, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 724,430 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 485,048 cases, or roughly 67 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 239,372 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (474,722 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 10,326.

With the recent loss of St Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat remains the only Caribbean territory without active cases.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 724,430
Deaths: 10,326
Recoveries: 474,722*
Active cases: 239,372*

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

Dominican Republic: 389 new cases; 268,070 confirmed. 3,504 patients have died. (229,368 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 460 new cases; 133,507 confirmed. 2,323 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 1,019 new cases; 110,644 confirmed. 686 patients have died. (104,326 recoveries)

Jamaica: 48 new cases; 46,087 confirmed. 793 patients have died. (21,646 recoveries)

French Guiana: 154 new cases; 19,697 confirmed. 104 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: No new cases; 14,555 confirmed. 198 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Guyana: 46 new cases; 13,564 confirmed. 303 patients have died. (11,447 recoveries)

Haiti: 14 new cases; 13,149 confirmed. 260 patients have died. (12,151 recoveries)

Belize: Six new cases; 12,674 confirmed. 323 patients have died. (12,239 recoveries)

Curaçao: Three new cases;  12,213 confirmed. 111 patients have died. (11,784 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: 158 new cases; 11,471 confirmed. 179 patients have died. (8,733 recoveries)

Martinique: No new cases; 11,253 confirmed. 75  patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Aruba: Nine new cases; 10,679 confirmed. 100 patients have died. (10,435 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 27 new cases; 10,576 confirmed. 210 patients have died. (9,579 recoveries)

Suriname: 54 new cases; 10,543 confirmed. 207 patients have died. (9,482 recoveries)

St Lucia: 13 new cases; 4,573 confirmed. 74 patients have died. (4,398 recoveries)

Barbados: 15 new cases; 3,881 confirmed. 44 patients have died. (3,804 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 10 new cases; 3,152 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (3,069 recoveries)

Bermuda: 29 new cases; 2,422 confirmed. 30 patients have died. (1,966 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: No new cases; 2,393 confirmed. 17 patients have died. (2,343 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: 10 new cases; 2,240 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (2,189 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: No new cases; 1,882 confirmed. 11 patients have died. (1,731 recoveries)

St Martin: No new cases; 1,745 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: No new cases; 1,232 confirmed. 32 patients have died. (1,014 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: No new cases; 974 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: No new cases; 543 confirmed. Two patients have died. (526 recoveries)

British Virgin Islands: 22 new cases; 216 confirmed. One patient has died. (191 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 174 confirmed. (172 recoveries)

Grenada: No new cases; 160 confirmed. One patient has died. (158 recoveries)

Anguilla: No new cases; 96 confirmed. (29 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case: 45 confirmed. (44 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

Montserrat: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 20 cases, one patient died)