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The Caribbean inches closer to a sobering 600,000 caseload threshold as the third wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to wallop the region.

The one sliver of hope is, while regional vaccination efforts press on—and, despite the odds stacked against them—countries have for 30 weeks now, managed to keep majority closed cases.

Considering the loss of Grenada two days ago, the Caribbean is left with only Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands as territories without active cases.

In the last four days, the region recorded more new infections (11,190) than closed cases (9,198).

Analysis of regional data by Our Today has indicated that 28 of the 32 affected countries and territories reported new cases within the last 24 hours.

As at 10:42 pm Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Friday, March 19, collated data from respective health departments across the region has indicated a combined total of 582,682 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Of that number, some 390,325 cases, or roughly 67 per cent, have officially been declared closed. There are currently 192,357 active cases regionally.

The statistics were largely the result of patients across the Caribbean reporting a full recovery from the infectious disease (381,512 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 has steadily climbed to 8,813.

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

Confirmed cases to date: 582,682
Deaths: 8,813
Recoveries: 381,512*
Active cases: 192,357*

*—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: 523 new cases; 248,502 confirmed. 3,262 patients have died. (204,735 patients have recovered)

Puerto Rico: 332 new cases; 103,679 confirmed. 2,089 patients have died. (*No information available on recoveries)

Cuba: 735 new cases; 65,149 confirmed. 387 patients have died. (61,131 recoveries)

Jamaica: 604 new cases; 33,970 confirmed. 519 patients have died. (15,810 recoveries)

French Guiana: No new cases; 16,764 confirmed. 87 patients have died. (9,995 recoveries)

Haiti: 14 new cases; 12,714 confirmed. 251 patients have died. (10,612 recoveries)

Belize: One new case; 12,400 confirmed. 316 patients have died. (12,026 recoveries)

Guadeloupe: 362 new cases; 10,976 confirmed. 165 patients have died. (2,242 recoveries)

Guyana: 44 new cases; 9,486 confirmed. 212 patients have died. (8,453 recoveries)

Suriname: Six new cases; 9,055 confirmed. 176 patients have died. (8,537 recoveries)

The Bahamas: 24 new cases; 8,800 confirmed. 186 patients have died. (7,676 recoveries)

Aruba: 40 new cases; 8,664 confirmed. 82 patients have died. (8,188 recoveries)

Trinidad and Tobago: Nine new cases; 7,821 confirmed. 140 patients have died. (7,552 recoveries)

Martinique: 381 new cases; 7,309 confirmed. 47 patients have died. (124 recoveries)

Curaçao: 156 new cases;  5,676 confirmed. 23 patients have died. (4,774 recoveries)

St Lucia: 16 new cases; 4,113 confirmed. 55 patients have died. (3,887 recoveries)

Barbados: 27 new cases; 3,512 confirmed. 39 patients have died. (3,282 recoveries)

US Virgin Islands: 81 new cases; 2,848 confirmed. 25 patients have died. (2,653 recoveries)

Turks & Caicos Islands: 21 new cases; 2,274 confirmed. 15 patients have died. (2,118 recoveries)

Sint Maarten: Two new cases; 2,101 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (2,055 recoveries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Eight new cases; 1,692 confirmed. Nine patients have died. (1,512 recoveries)

St Martin: 17 new cases; 1,619 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (1,399 recoveries)

Antigua and Barbuda: Three new cases; 1,011 confirmed. 27 patients have died. (614 recoveries)

Bermuda: 27 new cases; 767 confirmed. 12 patients have died. (707 recoveries)

Saint-Barthélemy: 63 new cases; 755 confirmed. One patient has died. (462 recoveries)

Cayman Islands: One new case; 475 confirmed. Two patients have died. (442 recoveries)

Dominica: No new cases; 156 confirmed. (141 recoveries)

Grenada: Two new cases; 154 confirmed. One patient has died. (151 recoveries)

St Kitts and Nevis: One new case; 44 confirmed. (42 recoveries)

Anguilla: One new case; 22 confirmed. (20 recoveries)

Countries without active cases

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

British Virgin Islands: No active cases. (Previously confirmed 154 cases, one patient died)