News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 17, 2020: The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is back on an uptick in the last few days despite showing slight signs of slowing on Tuesday.
As of last night, the total number of cases of COVID-19 across the region had increased to 7,061, with Saba reporting its first cases this week and Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica showing an alarming increase.
Puerto Rico added 69 cases Thursday, an over 7 percentage jump from the previous day to end at 1,043.
Cuba added 48 new cases yesterday alone, increasing by over 5 percent from Wednesday; while Jamaica added 18 new cases to bring its total to 143 yesterday.
The Dominican Republic, however, continues to lead the region by far with the most number of cases as added 141 cases Thursday to reach an all-time high to date of 3,755. It was an almost 4 percent increase from the previous day.
The death toll across the region is now at 350 as of press time last night, an increase from 238 last Thursday night.
Here’s where the region stacks up as of last night in terms of cases and deaths:
Dominican Republic – 3,755 cases and 196 deaths
Puerto Rico – 1,043 cases and 56 deaths
Cuba – 862 cases and 27 deaths
Martinique – 158 cases and 8 deaths
Guadeloupe – 145 cases and 8 deaths
Jamaica – 143 cases and 5 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago – 114 plus 8 deaths
Aruba – 95 plus two deaths
French Guiana – 86
Bermuda – 81 and 5 deaths
Barbados – 75 and 5 deaths
Cayman Islands – 61 plus one death
Sint Maarten – 57 plus 9 deaths
US Virgin Islands – 51 plus 1 death
Guyana – 55 plus 6 deaths
Bahamas – 53 plus 8 deaths
Haiti – 41 plus 3 deaths
St. Martin – 35 plus 2 deaths
Antigua & Barbuda – 23 plus 3 deaths
Belize – 18 plus 2 deaths
Dominica – 16
St. Lucia – 15
Curacao – 14 plus one death
Grenada – 14
Saint Kitts & Nevis – 14
Vincent and the Grenadines – 12
Montserrat – 11
Turks & Caicos – 11 plus 1 death
Suriname – 10 plus one death
St. Barth – 6
British Virgin Islands – 3
Anguilla – 3
Sint Eustatius and Saba – 3
