[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 6-29-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, June 29: Dominican Republic- 31,373 cases, 726 deaths, 17,142 recovered Haiti- 5847 cases, 104 deaths, 787 recovered French Guiana- 3461 cases, 12 deaths, 1249 recovered Cuba- 2332 cases, 86 deaths, 2201 recovered Puerto Rico- 1638 cases, 153 deaths … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 36,726
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 6-18-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of June 18: Dominican Republic- 24,105 cases, 633 deaths, 14,216 recovered Haiti- 4,688 cases, 82 deaths, 24 recovered Cuba- 2,280 cases, 84 deaths, 1,999 recovered Puerto Rico- 1,496 cases, 147 deaths French Guiana- 1,554 cases, 5 deaths, 663 recovered … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 30,557
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 6-5-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of June 5: Dominican Republic-18,319 cases, 520 deaths, 11,474 recovered Puerto Rico- 4620 cases (unique positive patients), 141 deaths Haiti- 2640 cases, 50 deaths, 24 recovered Cuba- 2119 cases, 83 deaths, 1839 recovered Jamaica- 591 cases, 10 deaths, 368 recovered French Guiana- 556 cases, 1 … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 25,420
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 5-29-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of May 28: Dominican Republic-16,068 cases, 485 deaths, 8952 recovered Puerto Rico- 3486 cases (unique positive patients), 131 deaths Cuba- 1983 cases, 82 deaths, 1734 recovered Haiti- 1320 cases, 34 deaths, 22 recovered Jamaica- 569 cases, 9 deaths, 279 recovered French Guiana- 406 cases, 1 … [Read more...]
The Caribbean’s Response to the Coronavirus
[Reprinted: US News, 5-26-2020] Shutting down tourism early, low population density and lessons of hurricanes past have helped countries in the region weather the pandemic’s harm, experts say. In September 2017, two Category 5 hurricanes wreaked havoc on the Caribbean in the span of two weeks. Places such as Anguilla, Dominica, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were badly damaged – people … [Read more...]