The Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix. Photo Credit: ERNICE GILBERT FOR VI CONSORTIUM
The St. Croix woman who died Monday of the novel coronavirus was on a ventilator since July 31, according to details of the latest Covid-19 fatality provided during Governor Albert Bryan's Tuesday coronavirus press briefing.
The woman, 68, was a dialysis patient and was at the Juan F. Luis Hospital when she passed, Governor Bryan revealed. She was the 18th person in the USVI to die of the deadly contagion, bringing St. Croix's total deaths to 6, while St. Thomas stood at 11 and St. John one as of Tuesday.
There were two Covid-19 patients at JFL as of Tuesday, with one on a ventilator. On St. Thomas 7 patients were at the Schneider Regional Medical Center, four of whom were ventilated, according to the Dept. of Health.
As of Tuesday, the territory had tested 17,459 people, with 1,191 of them testing positive and 16,253 negative. The department was tracking 103 active cases of Covid-19 Tuesday: 17 on St. Croix, 79 on St. Thomas, and seven (7) on St. John. D.O.H. was awaiting results of 15 tests.
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