Senior Suriname government official dies from COVID
The Deputy Director of Administrative Services at the Ministry of the Interior, Vergillio Rebin, died on Monday, two weeks after he was admitted to hospital suffering from the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The health authorities said that Rebin, 30, who had been admitted to Wanica Regional Hospital, also suffered from underlying medical conditions associated with obesity.
Rebin, who became the 59th victim of the virus in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, was also the Secretary of the Reform and Renewal Movement (HVB), party that had split from the Pertjajah Luhur, which is part of the coalition government of the President.
Suriname has 876 active cases out of a total of 3,608 positive cases and over the past 24 hours, 39 persons tested positive for the virus, the lowest number since July 31, when 30 cases were reported. The hospitals have 145 patients and 20 in various intensive-care units. The total number of people healed is 2,673, including 114 in the past 24 hours. There are 711 positive persons in isolation and 685 non-positives in quarantine.
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