Five active COVID-19-cases in Nickerie District

The COVID19billboard of the Outbreak Management Team on Monday indicated that the number of active COVID19cases on Sunday jumped from two to five in the Nickerie District. 150 were tested for COVID19 on Saturday and

Sunday. 50 of them reportedly tested positive for COVID19. Radha Ramjatan, District Coordinator of the COVID19Team Nickerie, told Times of Suirname that the five active COVID19 cases are all in state quarantine. A week ago the number of active COVID19cases jumped to nine in the Nickerie District. seven people recently tested negative for COVID19. The three new cases joined the two others who were in state quarantine.