Caribbean Coronavirus Tracker: COVID-19 Data for 34 Countries

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On Wednesday, March 11th 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the coronavirus originally discovered in Wuhan, China last December is now a pandemic. At that time, there were 118,000 coronavirus cases in 114 countries and territories, and 4,291 people had lost their lives. Today, there are over 1.6+ million confirmed coronavirus cases in over 200 countries and territories, which has sadly resulted in over 100,000 death. Known officially as SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, or 2019-nCoV the majority of cases and death have been in the United States and European countries, including Italy, Spain, and France.

As COVID-19 is highly contagious, most countries have instituted partial or a full lockdown to contain the spread of the virus.   International travel has also come to a standstill as most borders, including those in the Caribbean are closed.   Thus, not only is COVID-19 a health crisis, but it is also becoming an economic crisis since tourism makes up a larger percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most Caribbean countries.

Of course, before we can really begin to consider the economic challenges and roadmap for rebounding, the health crisis has to be contained.  Thus, I’ve put together the Caribbean Coronavirus Tracker below to help focus the mind and provide insight on what is happening in the region. Note: Not all Caribbean countries are reporting on the number of people tested or recovered, and this is indicated with three question marks (???).  Also, recognizing that these government figures are constantly changing, the source of the data is provided for each Caribbean country listed.

A summary of the results is as follows:

* 19,935 of the 45.29 million people living across the Caribbean region have been infected with the COVID-19 virus.
* Of the 19,935 confirmed cases, 777 have died and 9,175 are reported as recovered.
* The Dominican Republican has the highest number of cases (12,715) and deaths (434) in the Caribbean.
* 4 other Caribbean countries have more than 500 cases. This includes Puerto Rico (2,805), Cuba (1,881), Jamaica (533), and Haiti (520).

Caribbean Coronavirus Tracker

Last updated: Tuesday, May 19th 2020

Country Population Tested Positive Deaths Death Rate Recovered Source
Anguilla 14,974 18 3 0 0.00% 3 source
Antigua & Barbuda 96,286 108 25 3 12.00% 19 source
Aruba 105,845 2,021 101 3 2.06% 93 source
The Bahamas 385,640 1,814 96 11 11.46% 42 source
Barbados 286,641 4,004 88 7 7.95% 68 source
Belize 383,071 1,331 18 2 11.11% 16 source
Bermuda 63,968 5,549 125 9 7.20% 77 source
Bonaire 20,104 293 2 0 0.00% 2 source
British Virgin Islands 29,802 157 8 1 12.50% 6 source
Cayman Islands 64,174 5,900 94 1 1.06% 55 source
Cuba 11,328,063 83,868 1,881 79 4.20% 1,505 source
Curacao 159,849 ??? 14 1 7.14% 10 source
Dominica 71,625 433 16 0 0.00% 16 source
Dominican Republic 10,824,494 55,469 12,715 434 3.41% 6,613 source
Grenada 111,454 175 22 0 0.00% 14 source
Guadeloupe 400,109 2,866 155 13 8.39% 113 source
Guyana 785,715 1,218 124 10 8.06% 45 source
Haiti 11,372,056 2,120 533 21 3.94% 21 source
Jamaica 2,958,320 ??? 520 9 1.73% 127 source
Martinique 376,480 ??? 192 14 7.29% 73 source
Montserrat 4,991 62 11 1 9.09% 9 source
Puerto Rico 2,876,246 11,332 2,805 124 4.42% ??? source
Saba 1,915 109 2 0 0.00% 2 source
Saint Vincent & The Grenadines 110,865 164 17 0 0.00% 14 source
Saint Barthelemy 9,871 97 6 0 0.00% 6 source
Saint Kitts & Nevis 53,118 388 15 0 0.00% 14 source
Saint Lucia 183,447 827 18 0 0.00% 18 source
Saint Martin 38,520 501 40 3 7.5% 30 source
Sint Eustatius 4,020 17 2 0 0.00% 2 source
Sint Maarten 42,770 418 77 15 19.48% 54 source
Suriname 585,489 ??? 11 1 9.09% 9 source
Trinidad & Tobago 1,398,517 2,720 116 8 6.90% 107 source
Turks & Caicos Islands 38,603 121 12 1 8.33% 10 source
United States Virgin Islands 104,458 1,384 69 6 8.70% 61 source
Caribbean Total 45.29 Million 185,477 + ??? 19,935 777 3.90% 9,175 + ??? source
Global Total 7.594 Billion ??? 4,696,849 315,131 6.71% ??? source
Country Population Tested Positive Deaths Death Rate Recovered Source

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Beyond the individual government websites and social media pages listed as the source for the data presented above, check out these additional resources for insight on the Caribbean response to COVID-19.

Caribbean Public Health Agency – The regional public health agency for the Caribbean.

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)  – The regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Caribbean Tourism Organization – The Caribbean’s tourism development agency with 27 country members and dozens of private sector members.

Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association – The backbone of the Caribbean hospitality industry with membership including, 1,000 hotel and 33 National Hotel Associations.

University of the West Indies -The leading university within the Caribbean region who have set up a COVID-19 Task Force.

 

 

 

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