Government
COVID-19 Report Update #362
Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: March 23, 2021

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]
New Providence 6313 10
Grand Bahama 1391 4
Abaco 301 3
Bimini & Cat Cay 116 0
Eleuthera 177 1
Berry Islands 57 0
Exuma 122 0
Inagua 19 0
Andros 46 0
Long Island 11 0
Cat Island 9 0
Acklins 7 0
Crooked Island 6 0
Mayaguana 3 0
San Salvador 10 0
Locations Pending 365 0
TOTAL 8953 18

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 13
Females 5
Unknown 0
TOTAL 18

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS

 

Healthcare Institution # of Cases Hospitalized # of Cases Moderately Ill # of Cases in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
New Providence      
Doctor’s Hospital 9 8 1
South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre 2 2 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 6 6 0
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre 0 0 0
Grand Bahama      
Grand Bahama Health Services 14 14 0
TOTAL 31 30 1

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 932
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
7779 22

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
188 39 15

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2] # of  Inconclusive Results
73, 979 258 18 239 1 0

 

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.

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