The government has extended the COVID-19 related curfew for Westmoreland until Friday, January 15, 2021.
A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said Westmoreland remains the parish with the highest number of cases per population.
The cases are spread across the parish in more than 30 communities and new cases are arising weekly from several communities.
The statement said Savanna-la-Mar Hospital is beyond its COVID-19 isolation capacity and the general hospital capacity is near alert level.
It added that the number of moderate to severely ill patients in the Western Regional Health Authority's hospitals is more than other regions, so there is limited capacity for any increase in cases.
The government is therefore maintaining the existing curfew hours of 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily until January 15.
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