St Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday, April 5 recorded one additional positive case from 106 samples received and tested on April 3, 2021, resulting in a  new positivity rate of 6.6%. Six positive cases had previously been reported from those 106 samples received and tested on April 3.

All 27 samples received and tested  today, April 4 were negative, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said.

“Two (2) new recoveries were reported, bringing the number of total recoveries to sixteen hundred and twenty-seven (1627). One hundred and twenty-eight (128) cases  are active and ten (10) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five (1765) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent  and the Grenadines since March 2020,” the release said.

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