Three new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from a total of 317 samples processed between April 20 and 22, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization said.

The  positivity rates for each day are as follows:  

1. April 20th – 138 samples processed – no positive cases – 0% positivity rate
2. April 21st – 59 samples processed – two (2) positive cases – 3.4% positivity  rate 
3. April 22nd – 120 samples processed – one (1) positive case – 0.8% positivity  rate  

Eight (8) new recoveries were recorded on April 22, 2021. The number of total  recoveries is seventeen hundred and eleven (1711). One hundred and nine(109)  cases are active and ten (10) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand,  eight hundred and thirty (1830) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St.  Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020.  

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.