Government
COVID-19 Report Update #213
Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: October 29, 2020

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]
New Providence 5122 30
Grand Bahama 744 4
Abaco 168 0
Bimini & Cat Cay 59 0
Eleuthera 64 0
Berry Islands 41 0
Exuma 36 0
Inagua 19 0
Andros 12 0
Long Island 11 0
Cat Island 8 0
Acklins 7 0
Crooked Island 6 0
Mayaguana 3 0
Locations Pending 344 3
TOTAL 6644 37

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 15
Females 22
TOTAL 37

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS

 

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

New Providence

      
Doctor’s Hospital 21 16 5
South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre 6 6 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 48 47 1
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre 3 3 0

Grand Bahama

      
Grand Bahama Health Services 9 3 6
TOTAL 87 75 12

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 2111
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
4345 88

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
142 27 19

 

Unfortunate deaths today are as follows:

 

Age Sex Island of Residence Date of Death
59 Male Eleuthera 6th October, 2020
66 Male New Providence 4th October, 2020
78 Male New Providence 21st October, 2020
49 Female New Providence 23rd October, 2020

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total Number of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2]
35,435 254 37 198 19

 

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:

  • weekday and weekend curfews remain in effect for specified islands in the Bahamas until further notice; and
  • 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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