The death toll associated with COVID-19 crosses 500.

12 additional people have died of the virus.

A release from the Ministry of Health yesterday put the death toll at 507.

It said dead are 3 elderly males, 3 elderly females, 1 middle-aged male and 1 middle-aged female all with comorbidities.

Also dead are 1 elderly female and 2 middle-aged males with no comorbidities.

The country has also recorded 405 new positive cases.

The Ministry said there are 9,558 active cases.

Four hundred and fifty-eight persons are in hospital, 180 in step down facilities, 125 in State quarantine facilities and 8,515 in home self-isolation.