 The Ministry of Health and Wellness remains very concerned about the number of COVID-19 related deaths recorded in country. The island has recorded a total of 47 COVID-19 related deaths to date and Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Belmont George stated that every death is one too many. Individuals who have passed away range in ages from 21 to 91 years. Of the 47 deaths recorded to date 81% have occurred in the 50 plus age range and males account for the majority of deaths. Dr Belmont George noted the link between the risk and underlying illnesses in terms of poor outcomes for COVID-19. In terms of the risk analysis and given our mobility profile for diabetes and high blood pressure I thought it necessary to indicate on the cases that we've seen so far the risk analysis by those pre-existing conditions are. You know for the diabetes it's 36.4 for high blood pressure. The risk ratio that is is 33.9 and for that both diabetes and high blood pressure is 32.1. So as much as possible our persons in solution we know we have a problem with diabetes and high blood pressure. We need to ensure that your diet the necessary exercise and that you remain compliant because this is one of the ways that we and a very important way that we keep healthy we keep our resistance up as we manage COVID-19. The Chief Medical Officer indicated that there is a wide range of underlying illnesses that puts individuals at a higher risk when they contract COVID-19. Therefore a lot of the Ministry of Health and Wellness's strategies are focused on protecting high risk groups both in terms of age and pre-existing conditions to ensure their safety. We have high blood pressure, we have diabetes, we have 21% having both high blood pressure and diabetes, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, end stage renal disease, HIV, cerebrovascular accidents at explosive strokes, Hodgkin's lymphoma and asthmatics as well. So for us locally those are the pre-existing conditions that we note with our COVID-related deaths. Now we use the term COVID-related deaths because our policy of testing everyone who passes away. Some of those cases were from testing after passing away. Some of those persons did have serious other underlying conditions although they may not have developed the COVID-19 related pneumonia. But because COVID was positive we report them for transparency.