PHILIPSBURG--Ten additional persons have tested positive for COVID-19 as of September 19, increasing the active cases to 76.
The total number of confirmed cases is now 584.
The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring 71 persons in home isolation. Five patients are hospitalized at the St. Maarten Medical Center. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 is now 20, with an additional death recorded over the weekend.
The number of persons recovered since the first case surfaced on St. Maarten is now 488. There are 132 persons in quarantine based on contact tracing investigations carried out by CPS of persons who may have been in contact with any of the active cases.
CPS has tested 986 travellers arriving at the Princess Juliana International Airport, (PJIA) and 1,880 persons throughout the community.
CPS assured that as the numbers continue to fluctuate, it will continue to actively execute its contact tracing measures.
CPS urges the community to not become discouraged by the recent increase in positive cases; “as we continue to adhere to the implemented guidelines we will flatten the curve”.
