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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26th March, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #365 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 6351 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 9 New Providence Grand Bahama 1419 15 Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending TOTAL 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 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 18 16 0 34 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 9 2 5 0 13 29 7 2 5 0 13 27 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases 229 Total # of Recovered Cases 8563 # of Cases Recovered Today 722** DEATHS Total COVID-19 Deaths 188 Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths 39 Total Deaths Under Investigation 15 TESTS COMPLETED Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results 75,104 396 34 # of Negative Results 357 # of Repeated Tests3 3 # of Inconclusive Results 2 OPENING HOURS OF COMMUNITY CLINICS 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.

3 Tests performed to confirm if patients have recovered from COVID-19.

** IMPORTANT NOTES 5 The Ministry of Health advises the general public of a recently completed COVID-19 data cleaning exercise.

The exercise used prevailing scientific data that applies to active and recovered cases.
The term active case refers to an individual with COVID-19 infection who is capable of transmitting the infection to others.

The term recovered case refers to an individual who was previously diagnosed as a COVID-19 positive patient, but is no longer capable of transmitting the infection to others.

Current scientific data reveals that when a person contracts COVID-19 the virus quickly replicates.

After 3 – 4 days, there is a decreasing amount of virus present.
People with mild or moderate COVID-19 infection lose their ability to transmit the virus 10-14 days after the onset of symptoms.

Persons experiencing severe illness or have immune-compromised systems lose their ability to transmit the virus after 20 days.

Persons currently on the active list are considered recovered using – (1) the date of the onset of their symptoms; or (2) by using the date of their positive RT-PCR test.
It is noteworthy to mention that at the end of the data cleaning exercise, 722 active cases were considered “recovered,” and have been duly reported in today’s COVID-19 report.

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.

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