"After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s twenty-third death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 58-year old female on St. Thomas," DOH said in a statement.

The announcement comes one day after DOH revealed that a 65-year-old St Croix male died of the virus.

COVID-19 cases, which have been surging in the US, are ticking higher in the US Virgin Islands, with DOH reporting 14 COVID-19 cases Friday. On Monday, the department reported 7 cases and is currently tracking 36 actives: 16 on St Croix, 19 on St Thomas and 1 on St John.

DOH did not say whether the victim was hospitalised at the Schneider Regional Medical Center, or whether she passed elsewhere.