St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday, March 13 recorded its ninth COVID-19 death, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said.

Dead is a 63-year-old female resident patient of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC).

“The  diabetic patient with a chronic psychiatric condition, tested positive for COVID-19  on February 27, 2021 and was transferred to the temporary isolation facility. On  March 8, the patient was admitted to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital COVID-19 Ward with COVID-19 Pneumonia and uncontrolled diabetes. She became  progressively worse requiring ventilation on March 10, 2021 and succumbed today March 13 at 7:50 pm from respiratory failure,” the release said. 

There were no new positive cases from 111 samples  received and processed on Friday, March 12, 2021. 

Two persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to 1129. Five hundred and forty-two (542) cases remain  active and nine (9) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, six hundred  and eighty (1680) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the  Grenadines since March 2020.  

The public is urged to use a mask, sanitize, physically distance and get vaccinated  to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The walk-in  Vaccination Site at the Victoria Park will be open from 9:00 am on Tuesday March  16, 2021.