For Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Wednesday, May 6, 2020 The Virgin Islands Daily News is making our COVID-19 coverage free to all readers during this international crisis. The British Virgin Islands government announced Tuesday that a seventh individual has been confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19 virus. Read the story at www.dailynews.vi More than 700 jobs lost in BVI The British Virgin Islands has recorded more than 700 COVID-19 related job losses following a series of 24-hour lockdowns first instituted last month to help stop the spread of the deadly virus, and the government is mulling a stimulus plan to kickstart the dormant economy, according to a government official. Read the story at www.dailynews.vi Education extends laptop distribution The V.I. Education Department announced late Tuesday that it will continue distributing laptops and internet hotspots to eligible students from 9 a.m. to noon today and Thursday. Read the story at www.dailynews.vi By the numbers From the Virgin Islands Health Department and Johns Hopkins University World: 3,688,635 cases, 258,085 deaths United States: 1,205,138 cases, 71,079` deaths U.S Virgin Islands: 66 cases, 4 deaths St. Croix: 27 cases, 2 deaths St. Thomas: 37 cases, 2 deaths St. John: 2 cases Water Island: 0 cases Recovered: 51 cases British Virgin Islands: 7 cases, 1 death Recovered: 3 cases Also in The Daily News today Fire destroys St. Croix church Every available firefighter on St. Croix — and even some who were not on duty — responded Tuesday morning to a massive fire that destroyed the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Peter’s Rest. Barnes says she won't seek re-election Freshman Sen. Alicia Barnes, the current secretary of the 33rd Legislature and top vote-getter from the St. Croix district, announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection after serving just one term. Read these stories with your subscription at www.dailynews.vi The Virgin Islands Daily News | 9155 Estate Thomas, St. Thomas, 00802 U.S. Virgin Islands Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected]