To give you the full story, we start on Saturday when 8 positive cases were confirmed - which is a single day record since COVID testing started in Belize.

But, 6 of those were in quarantine - five of them repatriates - and one border jumper in Orange Walk. All 6 of these cases are asymptomatic.

And then there are the two other cases causing concern. Both are symptomatic and both are hospitalized. One of them is a female police officer in Corozal - and the Commissioner will tell us about her shortly. The other is a male from Orange Walk and latest information to the Ministry of Health suggests that he had contacts with someone involved in the contraband trade. Because his wife is a market vendor, whose contacts were extensive, measures were taken at the Orange Walk market - and you'll hear about that shortly.

And then, the 9th weekend case comes from San Pedro Town and that one is equally concerning because this patient had a very busy and involved social life. She is a female - an expatriate - who showed up at an island clinic with fever and respiratory symptoms and was hospitalized. Her contact tracing will be extensive and there could be a number of infected persons - you'll hear the Prime Minister speaking about that one shortly.