Spread of the corona virus on the Virgin Islands
The inhabitants of the Virgin Islands are also affected by the corona pandemic and the spread of the Sars-Covid-19 virus. By July 4th, 2020, 111 infected persons and 6 deaths have been reported in the country. The first confirmed infections were reported on March 23rd, 2020, which is the date of the official notification. An additional 10-14 days are calculated for noticing one's own infection, the doctor's appointment, the laboratory test and, above all, the period from the infection until the first symptoms appear. The country reached its peak so far on March 23rd with 17 new infected persons.
The first graph shows the number of infected persons reported. The second graph shows the number of deaths.
Mortality rate of infected persons
From the previously infected and deceased people, on the Virgin Islands results in a mortality rate of 5.4%. However, it should be borne in mind that death occurs an average of 19 days after the first symptoms appear. The time of the actual infection is therefore followed by several days until a person affected has a medical test carried out and the results are available. In order to quantify mortality more precisely, one would therefore have to compare the deaths that have occurred to date with those reported 80 infected up to 10 days ago. This gives on the Virgin Islands a new mortality rate of 7.5%.Due to the current corona pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers daily. A list of all infected and dead people by country can be found on our Corona virus topic page.
Development in the last days
| Date | Infected | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 4th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Fri 3rd | 13 | +13.3% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Thu 2nd | 6 | +6.5% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Wed 1st | 8 | +9.5% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Tue 30th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Mon 29th | 3 | +3.7% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Sun 28th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Sat 27th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Fri 26th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Thu 25th | 1 | +1.3% | 0 | +0.0% |
Medical supplies
The medical care provided by doctors and hospitals on the Virgin Islands is above average and even exceeds the average achieved in the EU countries. The country provides 18.7 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants. The worldwide average here is 2.7 beds and within the EU there are even 5.6 beds for every 1000 inhabitants.With about 176 physicians on the Virgin Islands, there are about 1.65 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1000 inhabitants and in the EU even 3.57.
Through medical care, the mortality of major known diseases can be reduced to an above-average extent. For example, only about 0 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.