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Spanish Town Post Office closed for deep cleaning

Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2020 | 12:15 AM

The Spanish Town Post Office has been closed for deep cleaning in the wake of a COVID-19 case at the facilty.

The infected person has gone into isolation.

The post office will reopen for business at 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 16.

Jamaica recorded two more COVID-19 deaths on Monday, including a 76-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew and a 73-year-old man from St Catherine.

With the addition of 162 new cases on Monday, the island’s total coronavirus count is 3,933 cases, 2,648 of which are active.

Seventy of the new cases are male, 91 female, and one case is under investigation.

Twelve more persons have recovered, increasing the tally to 1,611.

Some 100 people are hospitalised, 28 are moderately ill and seven critical.

Thirty-eight persons are in government quarantine with 26,400 at home.