Government
COVID-19 Report Update #389
Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: April 19, 2021

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1] Reclassified Cases
New Providence 7126 8 277
Grand Bahama 1623 0 50
Abaco 340 0 2
Bimini & Cat Cay 131 1 2
Eleuthera 228 0 15
Berry Islands 57 0 -2
Exuma 130 0 -3
Inagua 16 0 -3
Andros 65 0 7
Long Island 12 0 0
Cat Island 10 0 1
Acklins 7 0 0
Crooked Island 6 0 0
Mayaguana 3 0 0
San Salvador 11 0 1
Locations Pending 35 0 -347
TOTAL 9800 9 0**

 

TRAVEL WATCH: CONFIRMED IMPORTED COVID-19 CASES

 

Island Newly Confirmed Cases with History of Travel Within 14 Days[2]
New Providence 1
Grand Bahama 0
Abaco 0
Bimini & Cat Cay 0
Eleuthera 0
Berry Islands 0
Exuma 0
Inagua 0
Andros 0
Long Island 0
Cat Island 0
Acklins 0
Crooked Island 0
Mayaguana 0
San Salvador 0
Locations Pending 0
TOTAL 1

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 6
Females 3
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 15 11 4
South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre 5 5 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 17 17 0
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre 0 0 0

Grand Bahama

      
Grand Bahama Health Services 9 9 0
TOTAL 46 42 4

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 477
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
9059 0

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
194 44 26

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[3] # of  Inconclusive Results
82,713 165 9 153 2 1

 

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.

 

**IMPORTANT NOTES

 

The national database was updated after a data cleaning exercise. Consequently, the allocation for “Locations pending” has been greatly reduced.

 

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

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

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