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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28th January, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #308 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 5925 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 5 New Providence Grand Bahama 1177 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.
GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES 2 Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases Males Females Unknown TOTAL # Cases 7 0 0 7 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 2 1 6 3 2 2 1 6 3 2 TOTAL 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases 1174 Total # of Recovered Cases 6771 # of Cases Recovered Today 7 DEATHS Total COVID-19 Deaths 176 Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths 38 Total Deaths Under Investigation 15 One death has been classified as COVID-19 related.
The unfortunate death is as follows: Age Sex Island of Residence Date of Death 94 Female New Providence 27th January, 2021 TESTS COMPLETED Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results 59,833 282 7 # of Negative Results 273 # of Repeated Tests2 2 # of Inconclusive Results 0 2 Tests performed to confirm if patients have recovered from COVID-19.
4 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.
– 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.