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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5th July, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #466 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 9604 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 49 New Providence Grand Bahama 1891 Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending 381 182 251 90 162 25 173 25 71 7 7 3 14 56 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 12,942 53 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 Newly Confirmed Cases with History of Travel Within 14 Days2 3 TOTAL 3 GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases Males Females Unknown TOTAL # of Cases 23 30 0 53 2 Results of newly confirmed cases were reported within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours after the swabbing date.
HOSPITALIZATIONS 3 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 17 4 30 1 2 TOTAL 54 16 4 28 1 1 50 1 0 2 0 1 4 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases 821 Total # of Recovered Cases 11,783 # of Cases Recovered Today 43 DEATHS 4 Total COVID-19 Deaths 252 Total Non-COVID-19 Deaths 57 Total Deaths Under Investigation 29 The Ministry of Health reports one (1) unfortunate COVID-19 related death as follows: Age 61 Sex Male Island of Residence New Providence Date of Death 5th July, 2021 TESTS COMPLETED Total # of RT- PCR Tests Completed 109,187 # of RT-PCR Tests Completed Today 289 # of Positive Results 53 # of Negative Results 230 # of Repeated Tests3 5 # of Inconclusive Results 1 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.

REMINDERS 5 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.