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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3rd May, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #403 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 7723 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 19 New Providence Grand Bahama 1753 Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending 345 136 230 58 140 16 97 21 10 7 7 3 11 45 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 10602 26 1 Results of newly confirmed cases were reported within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours after the swabbing date.
TRAVEL WATCH: CONFIRMED IMPORTED COVID-19 CASES 2 Island New Providence Grand Bahama Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending TOTAL Newly Confirmed Cases with History of Travel Within 14 Days2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Results of newly confirmed cases were reported within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours after the swabbing date.
GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES 3 Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases Males Females Unknown TOTAL # Cases 9 17 0 26 HOSPITALIZATIONS Healthcare Institution # of Cases Hospitalized # of Cases Moderately Ill # of Cases in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) New Providence Doctor’s Hospital South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre Princess Margaret Hospital Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre Grand Bahama Grand Bahama Health Services TOTAL 16 7 18 0 10 51 12 7 18 0 10 47 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases 669 Total # of Recovered Cases 9651 # of Cases Recovered Today 72 DEATHS Total COVID-19 Deaths 211 Total Non-COVID-19 Deaths 47 Total Deaths Under Investigation 24 The Ministry of Health reports one (1) unfortunate COVID-19 related death as follows: Age 92 Sex Male Island of Residence Long Island Date of Death 2nd May, 2021 TESTS COMPLETED Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results 88,187 131 26 # of Negative Results 98 # of Repeated Tests3 6 # of Inconclusive Results 1 3 Tests performed to confirm if patients have recovered from COVID-19.
OPENING HOURS OF COMMUNITY CLINICS 5 Community clinics remain open for primary care services at the following Poly-clinics: Clinic Fleming Street Elizabeth Estates Flamingo Gardens Days Hours of Operation Monday – Friday 9:00a.m.

– 8:00p.m.

Monday – Friday 9:00a.m.

– 9:00p.m.

Monday – Friday 9:00a.m.

– 9:00p.m.

Flamingo Gardens (Only) Saturday 9:00a.m.

– 5:00p.m.
– 5:00p.m.

REMINDERS To contain the spread of COVID-19 residents are reminded of the following: if you have symptoms of COVID-19, do not wait, first contact your health provider.

  while home remedies may work for a period it is important to get tested and receive proper care  before symptoms become too difficult to manage.

if you have been asked by the Surveillance Unit to get tested for COVID-19, please follow the advice and take the gold standard RT-PCR test.
 employees are encouraged to work from home.