Government
COVID-19 Report Update #271
Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: December 22, 2020

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island

Total Confirmed Cases

Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]

New Providence

5640

13

Grand Bahama

1119

0

Abaco 200

0

Bimini & Cat Cay 82

0

Eleuthera 155

0

Berry Islands 47

0

Exuma 117

3

Inagua 19

0

Andros 23

0

Long Island 11

0

Cat Island 8

0

Acklins 7

0

Crooked Island 6

0

Mayaguana 3

0

Locations Pending 351

0

TOTAL

7788

16

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases

# Cases
Males 7
Females 9
TOTAL 16

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS

 

Healthcare Institution

# of Cases Hospitalized

# of Cases Moderately Ill

# of Cases in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

New Providence

 

 

 

Doctor’s Hospital

2

2 0

South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre

2

2 0

Princess Margaret Hospital

9

9 0

Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre

0

0 0

Grand Bahama

 

 

 

Grand Bahama Health Services

1

1 0
TOTAL

14

14 0

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 1398

Total # of Recovered Cases

# of Cases Recovered Today

6166 0

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths

Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths

Total Deaths Under Investigation

169 35 20

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total Number of Tests Completed

# of Tests Completed Today

# of Positive Results

# of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2]

Inconclusive Results

49,951

502 16 476 5 5

 

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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