Three persons are now hospitalized with COVID-19 but no new deaths have been reported. The number of active cases remains at 1,985.

The cumulative three-day report covering Tuesday, Wednesday and today, Thursday, notes 634 total new cases, or an average of 211 daily.

Some 287 new cases were reported countrywide over the weekend against 212 new recoveries, with no indication of whether Belize has reached the peak of the [...]

Belize has now passed 1,700 active cases with 1,707 entering the weekend and 190 more samples under investigation.

It has been characterized as “misleading” reports that people are being “hustled” for fees for tests done at the land borders, which re-opened earlier this year.