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Monday, July 14, 2025

Four more lives lost to COVID-19, even as vaccination continues apace

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1422 days ago
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Four more peo­ple have lost their lives to COVID-19, while an­oth­er 123 peo­ple have test­ed pos­i­tive for the dis­ease, ac­cord­ing to the lat­est up­date from the Min­istry of Health.

In its up­date for to­day, Sat­ur­day 21 Au­gust 2021, the Min­istry notes that these lat­est deaths have pushed up the na­tion­al death toll to 1,219 lives lost.

In ad­di­tion, the 123 new pos­i­tive cas­es, based on sam­ples tak­en dur­ing the pe­ri­od Au­gust 17th to Au­gust 20th, 2021, mean that there are now 5,558 ac­tive cas­es of COVID-19 in the coun­try, at this time.

Cur­rent­ly, some 364,579 peo­ple in the coun­try are ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed, hav­ing re­ceived two dos­es of a COVID-19 vac­cine—ei­ther Sinopharm or As­traZeneca or Pfiz­er.

And some 479,626 peo­ple have re­ceived their first dos­es of a COVID-19 vac­cine, as of to­day, Sat­ur­day, the Min­istry’s up­date re­ports.

With re­gard to the Pfiz­er vac­ci­na­tion dri­ve among young peo­ple 12 to 18 years, on­ly two per­sons re­ceived their sec­ond dose to­day, while 3,621 young­sters re­ceived their first dose of the vac­cine.

The Health Min­istry al­so notes in its up­date:

● 303 per­sons are still hos­pi­talised for COVID-19; down from 323 pa­tients on Fri­day.

● 5,025 per­sons are in home self-iso­la­tion; down from 5,050 pa­tients on Fri­day.

● 133 per­sons are in State quar­an­tine fa­cil­i­ties; up from 130 pa­tients on Fri­day.

● 107 pa­tients are still re­cov­er­ing in step/down fa­cil­i­ties; up from 98 pa­tients on Fri­day.

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