Five more succumb to COVID, 87 new cases

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 7, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 416.

The latest fatalities are a woman, 72, from Region Four; a woman, 56, from Region Three and a man, 65, from Region Five who all passed away on June 6th. A male, 66, from Region Three and a woman, 70, from Region 4 succumbed on June 7th.

Meanwhile, the country’s total confirmed cases increased to 17,805 after some 1,078 more tests for the virus were done. The total number of tests done to date has increased to 162,866.

The 87 new cases were reported in seven of the ten administrative regions: Region One (9 cases), Region Three (3 cases), Region Four (31 cases), Region Five (2 cases), Region Six (12 cases), Region Nine (20 cases) and Region Ten  10 new cases.

There are some 1,744 active cases, 95 of whom are in institutional isolation while some 1,649 are in home isolation. Some 17 patients are in the COVID-19 ICU even as 108 more persons have recovered from the virus.