St Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, March 19 recorded two new positive cases from 243 samples received and processed on Thursday, March  18, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 0.8%, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said. 

“No recoveries were reported leaving the number of total recoveries at 1512. One hundred and seventy-three (173) cases remain  active and nine (9) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, six hundred  and ninety-four (1694) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and  the Grenadines since March 2020,” the release said.  

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  Saturday March 20, 2021. The Vaccination Caravan will be in Biabou at the Biabou  Health Centre from 9 am and at Redemption Sharpes at the  Learning Resource  Centre from 1 pm to 5 pm on Saturday, March 20. On Sunday March 21, the  Vaccination Caravan will go house to house in the Pembroke Health District.