News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 3, 2020, UPDATED – 3:44 p.m. : The rate from the new coronavirus, COVID-19, reached a new high across the Caribbean region today as the number of confirmed cases also continued its steady uptick.
The number of people who have so far died from the virus in the Caribbean is now at 115 this afternoon, April 3, 2020, a News Americas analysis confirmed.
Of that number, 68 of the dead are in the Dominican Republic after authorities reported 8 new deaths today.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases of the new virus across the entire Caribbean reached near 3,000 today, ending the day at 2,968 at a 4 p.m. tally.
The Dominican Republic account for almost half of that total with 1,488 of those cases. Of that number, only 16 have recovered so far.
In the meantime, here’s where other countries in this region now stack up as far as confirmed cases and deaths to date:
Cuba – 269 plus 6 deaths.
Martinique – 138 cases and 3 deaths
Guadeloupe – 128 cases and 6 deaths
Puerto Rico – 316 plus 12 deaths
Trinidad and Tobago – 97 plus 6 deaths
Aruba – 60
French Guiana – 57
Barbados – 46
Jamaica – 47 and it now has 3 deaths.
US Virgin Islands – 30
Bermuda – 35
Sint Maarten – 23 Plus 2 deaths
Cayman Islands – 28 plus one death
Bahamas – 24 plus one death
St. Martin – 22 plus 2 deaths
Guyana – 19 plus 4 deaths
Haiti – 16
St. Lucia – 13
Dominica – 12
Curacao – 11 plus one death
Suriname – 10 plus one death
Grenada – 10
Antigua & Barbuda – 9
St. Kitts & Nevis – 9
St. Barth – 6
Turks & Caicos – 5
Montserrat – 5
Belize – 4
British Virgin Islands – 3
Anguilla – 3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 3
Sint Eustatius – 2
