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The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that another 20 people had died from COVID-19, taking the figure to 48 deaths in two days and to 1,967 overall.

In its daily update, the ministry said amongst the deceased within the 24-hour reporting period were five elderly males, 11 elderly females and four middle-aged males. It said 18 of the victims had a mixture of various comorbidities, including diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, heart disease, asthma, obesity and a history of strokes. The other two victims had no known medical conditions.

On Saturday, the ministry reported 28 deaths, the highest since the start of the pandemic last March, among them a child.

The 404 new cases took the overall toll to 65,889 people who have so far contracted the virus. There are now 8,611 active cases and 518 patients in hospital.

The past week:

November 15: 403 cases, 12 deaths

November 16: 414 cases, 15 deaths

November 17: 781 cases, six deaths

November 18: 537 cases, 17 deaths

November 19: 491 cases, 11 deaths

November 20: 592 cases, 28 deaths

November 21: 404 cases, 20 deaths

THE country recorded 404 new covid19 cases and 20 more deaths on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health's daily covid19 update.
This means that for the past week (November 15-21) there have been 3,622 infections or 517 cases per day and 109 deaths or 15.5 deaths per day.In the three weeks of November, there have been 1,975 cases and 76 deaths in week one; 2,963 cases and 86 deaths in week two; and 3,622 cases and 109 deaths in week three, for a grand total of 8,560 cases and 271 deaths.