[COVID Update, February 19th] Today, 21 new cases of COVID19 were detected across the country. Around 430 this afternoon, the Ministry of Health and Wellness released its daily infographic highlighting their COVID19 findings. Here is a full report, courtesy of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. | PLUSTV BELIZE

Almost every night on the news - we show you the COVID-19 infographic. It lists how many tests have been done, along with the number of negative and positive results, number of persons under investigation and more recently the number of recovered persons. But behind that tidy infographic are at least a dozen men and women working 24-7 to contain the spread by confirming active infections. And less than a month into Belize’s first 21st. century pandemic, they're marking Medical Professionals Labo

Tonight, only 11 Belizeans have active COVID 19 infections. And finally, the government is going to start relaxing some of the lockdown restrictions. More on that in a minute, but first to the latest results released after 8:00 last night. It shows three more recovered patients - bringing the Toal number to 5, and no one in the hospital. In an address this afternoon, the Prime Minister outlined the encouraging news from the testing results so far: | 7 News Belize