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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22th April, 2021 GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT Update #392 Island CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 Total Confirmed Cases 7269 Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases1 41 New Providence Grand Bahama 1645 Abaco Bimini & Cat Cay Eleuthera Berry Islands Exuma Inagua Andros Long Island Cat Island Acklins Crooked Island Mayaguana San Salvador Locations Pending 341 133 228 58 135 16 66 12 10 7 7 3 11 35 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 9976 50 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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 25 25 0 50 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 18 6 15 0 10 49 14 6 15 0 10 45 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES Active Cases Total # of Recovered Cases 9215 492 # of Cases Recovered Today 57 DEATHS Total COVID-19 Deaths 196 Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths 44 Total Deaths Under Investigation 29 Two deaths have been classified as COVID-19 related.
The unfortunate deaths are as follows: Age Sex Island of Residence Date of Death 37 91 Female New Providence 21st April, 2021 Male Grand Bahama 20th April, 2021 Further, there were three (3) additional deaths reported today that are under investigation.

TESTS COMPLETED Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results 84,094 398 50 # of Negative Results 338 # of Repeated Tests3 7 # of Inconclusive Results 3 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.