COVID’s deadly trail in Manchester

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COVID’s deadly trail in Manchester

At the end of 2020, the Ministry of Health had recorded 18 COVID-19 deaths from 612 cases in Manchester. Before the end of January 2021, the central Jamaica parish became a worry for health officials, who said that 43 out of every 100,000 residents...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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