Government of the Bahamas

03/02/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/03/2021 13:56

COVID-19 Report Update #341

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]
New Providence 6167 5
Grand Bahama 1238 4
Abaco 258 0
Bimini & Cat Cay 105 0
Eleuthera 167 0
Berry Islands 50 0
Exuma 122 0
Inagua 19 0
Andros 42 0
Long Island 11 0
Cat Island 8 0
Acklins 7 0
Crooked Island 6 0
Mayaguana 3 0
San Salvador 10 0
Locations Pending 360 0
TOTAL 8573 9

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 1
Females 8
Unknown 0
TOTAL 9

HOSPITALIZATIONS

Healthcare Institution # of Cases Hospitalized # of Cases Moderately Ill # of Cases in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

New Providence

Doctor's Hospital 4 3 1
South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre 1 1 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 3 3 0
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre 0 0 0

Grand Bahama

Grand Bahama Health Services 4 4 0
TOTAL 12 11 1

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

Active Cases 940
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
7398 20

DEATHS

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID-19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
181 39 15

One Non-COVID-19 death has been reclassified as a COVID-19 related death. The unfortunate death is as follows:

Age Sex Island of Residence Date of Death
58 Male Abaco 1st March, 2021

Consequently, the total number of COVID-19 deaths increased by one (1) to stand at one hundred eighty-one (181), and the total non-COVID-19 deaths decreased by one (1) to stand at thirty-nine (39).

TESTS COMPLETED

Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2] # of Inconclusive Results
69,003 279 9 267 1 2

OPENING HOURS OF COMMUNITY CLINICS

Community clinics remain open for primary care services at the following Poly-clinics:

Clinic Days Hours of Operation
Fleming Street Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m.
Elizabeth Estates Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m.
Flamingo Gardens 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.

[1] Results of newly confirmed cases were reported within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours after the swabbing date.

[2] Tests performed to confirm if patients have recovered from COVID-19.