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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27th July, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #488 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 10,778 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 95 New Providence Grand Bahama 2,034 Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending 412 218 328 90 207 25 178 26 71 7 7 3 14 59 6 10 1 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 14,457 130 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 6 TOTAL 6 GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases Males Females Unknown TOTAL # of Cases 63 66 1 130 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 21 9 40 0 30 TOTAL 100 13 9 39 0 29 90 8 0 1 0 1 10 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases 1,574 Total # of Recovered Cases 12,501 # of Cases Recovered Today 82 DEATHS 4 Total COVID-19 Deaths 286 Total Non-COVID-19 Deaths 69 Total Deaths Under Investigation 27 The Ministry of Health reports one (1) unfortunate COVID-19 related death as follows: Age 58 Sex Male Island of Residence Bimini Date of Death 26th July, 2021 Additionally, there is one (1) reported death under investigation.
TESTS COMPLETED Total # of RT- PCR Tests Completed 118,017 # of RT-PCR Tests Completed Today 549 # of Positive Results 130 # of Negative Results 407 # of Repeated Tests3 12 # of Inconclusive Results 0 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.

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.