Coronavirus Update climbing for St. Maarten/St. Martin
St. Maarten / St. Martin numbers of positive cases of infected persons with the Coronavirus continue to climb. The total number of cases together French & Dutch now stands at 66 positive and 8 deaths. Here is a breakdown of each side: As of Sunday April 05th the French side reported 29 active cases of persons tested positive with COVID-19, the amount of deaths remain at 2. The Dutch side however reported 37 positive cases a jump of 12 in one day, with 6 deaths related to COVID-19.
Additional medical personnel will be coming to strengthen medical capacity. Agreements were made by the Dutch to use an international company that dispatches medical personnel to be part of the team of physicians boosting the medical capacity. The first team of Physicians and nurses are expected to arrive on Sint Maarten in the coming week.
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