Dahl-Regis: No COVID-19 Deaths for Three Weeks
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The Task Force Coordinator says the country is making progress as hospitalization cases reduce
“We are making significant progress based on the number of new confirmed cases; there have been no COVID-19 related deaths for three weeks, the number of recovered cases, the decrease in COVID-19 hospital admissions and the decrease in the number of ICU admissions.”
Speaking at the Ministry of Health press conference on Thursday, Dr. Dahl-Regis said during the epidemiological period – week 20 to 21 – there were one to two confirmed cases per day, compared to the 5 to 6 confirmed cases recorded previously, which has resulted in the bending of the curve.
Dr. Dahl-Regis said the national profile is different than the global presentation, which shows that the greatest number of COVID-19 cases is in the elderly.
The COVID-19 cases are at 97, as there were no new cases reported on Thursday.
Of that number, 75 are in New Providence, 8 in Grand Bahama, 13 in Bimini, and 1 in Cat Cay.
The number of recovered cases is 44. Active cases are at 42.
Deaths remain at 11 and hospitalised cases are at 6.
A total of 1,910 tests have been completed.
According to Merceline Dahl-Regis, in Grand Bahama, there have been 15 days since the last confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on that island.
In Bimini, it has been 7 days since the last confirmed case.
In the Bahamas, the highest number of cases is occurring in the 40-59 age group, and not in the 80 and over population.
She commends nursing home operators who are enforcing the COVID-19 containment and mitigation policies set out by the Ministry of Health, including visitor restrictions; infection prevention and control measures; training of their workers in infection control; environmental sanitation; a moratorium on readmissions; and government measures to protect the elderly population, including weekend lockdowns.
