USVI's August Death Toll Was Highest Since the Start of the Pandemic

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USVI's August Death Toll Was Highest Since the Start of the Pandemic

The V.I. Department of Health’s Medical Director Dr. Tai Hunte-Ceasar said Tuesday that it took 159 days of pandemic for the territory to record its first 19 deaths, 324 days for the second 19 and only 31 days for the most recent wave.

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