Caribbean Coronavirus Tracker: COVID-19 Data for 34 Countries

Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, St Barthelemy, St Eustatius, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Tourism, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands

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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Ursula Petula Barzey

Ursula Petula Barzey an award-winning digital content creator and founder of Caribbean & Co. She is passionate about all things related to the Caribbean especially Montserrat from which her family hails! She loves traveling the region in search of the best cultural and foodie adventures, places to stay and live/work opportunities.