The Caribbean Has Less Than 1 Million Cases Of COVID-19

By NAN Staff Writer

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. May 28, 2021: Lumped in with Latin American COVID-19 data as per PAHO, the infection rates from the deadly virus appears dramatic for the Caribbean as well. But a News Americas analysis of total infection rates across the region tell a far different tale.

The Caribbean does not even have 1 million COVID-19 infections. In fact, the numbers as of Thursday showed the total to be 946,448. Of that number, The Dominican Republic accounts for more than half.

Here’s how it stacked up regionwide as of May 27, 2021, compared to the population as well in each country:

COUNTRY | Total Infections | Population
Anguilla | 109 | 18,224
Antigua & Barbuda | 1,258 | 98,728
Aruba | 10,951 | 107,195
Bahamas | 11,622 | 396,194
Barbados | 4,004 | 287,708
Belize | 12,784 | 404, 195
Bermuda | 2,491 | 72,009
Cayman Islands | 581 | 63,103
Curacao | 12,271 | 164,796
Dominica | 184 | 74,321
Dominican Republic | 288,034 | 10,953,714
French Guiana | 23,380 | 306,450
Grenada | 169 | 113,015
Guyana | 16,556 | 790,329
Jamaica | 48,180 | 2,973,462
Montserrat | 20 | 5,404
Puerto Rico | 172,000 | 2,828, 246
Sint Maarten | 2,394 | 44,418
St. Kitts and Nevis | 64 | 54,166
St. Lucia | 4,980 | 184,401
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,006 | 111,269
Suriname | 13,720 | 591,798
Trinidad and Tobago | 21,461 | 1,403,374
Turks & Caicos | 2,409 | 57,022
British Virgin Islands | 248 | 38,172
Guadeloupe | 16,530 | 400,013
Martinique | 11,960 | 374,743
St. Barths | 1,005 | 9,131
Caribbean Netherland Antilles | 1,610 | 304,759
Saint Martin | 1,915 | 38,002
Haiti | 14,037 | 11.26 million

Cuba

137,730

11,326,616

USVI | 3,383 | 104,425