Carnival Cruise Lines COVID Outbreak: One Passenger Dies

A 77-year-old woman has died from COVID-19 after testing positive while sailing on a Carnival Cruise to Belize. This makes it the first reported death since cruises resumed in the Caribbean and United States in June.

The Carnival Vista Cruise ship sailing out of Galveston, Texas according to reports recorded 27 positive COVID-19 cases over two weeks in late July and early August, the highest number of cases since cruises started sailing again.

The media is working to confirm the identity of the woman who passed on August 14. The New York Times reported she was a great-grandmother from Oklahoma. The woman was on the Carnival Cruise with her family on July 31 and tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing respiratory complications.

Carnival has updated its vaccination policy so that starting on Saturday, most guests will be required to be vaccinated and must also present a negative result of the COVID-19 test taken three days before boarding the ship.