U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Virgin Islands Department of Health’s Epidemiology Division, this month, received national recognition at the 2026 Annual Conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), one of the nation’s premier public health conferences. Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion congratulated the team on their achievements. “I
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 66-year-old male on St. Thomas and a 62-year-old
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands – After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s fifty-first death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 53-year-old female on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s fiftieth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 64-year-old female on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-ninth death related to COVID-19. The deceased was incorrectly reported to be a 74- year-old male on St. Thomas. His
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eight deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 51-year-old female, an 81-year old female and
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — Starting Thursday, August 19th, the Department of Health will shift to temporarily cease its Tuesday and Thursday COVID-19 pop-up testing events on St. Croix and St. Thomas. This change will not impact pop-up testing and vaccines that occur on Wednesdays on St. John. The
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-fifth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 74-year-old male on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-fourth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is an 80-year-old female on St. Croix. The Department continues to work
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-second death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 62-year-old female on St. John. The Department continues to work
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s forty-third death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 58-year-old female on St. Thomas The Department continues to work
