Government
COVID-19 Report Update #234
Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: November 17, 2020

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]
New Providence 5417 9
Grand Bahama 939 2
Abaco 187 0
Bimini & Cat Cay 76 0
Eleuthera 143 0
Berry Islands 43 0
Exuma 99 0
Inagua 19 0
Andros 19 0
Long Island 11 0
Cat Island 8 0
Acklins 7 0
Crooked Island 6 0
Mayaguana 3 0
Locations Pending 346 0
TOTAL 7323 11*

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 5
Females 6
TOTAL 11

 

HOSPITALIZATIONS

 

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

New Providence

      
Doctor’s Hospital 5 2 3
South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre 1 1 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 10 10 0
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre 0 0 0

Grand Bahama

      
Grand Bahama Health Services 7 7 0
TOTAL 23 20 3

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 1624
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
5483 59

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID- 19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
163 32 21

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total Number of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2]
40,561 249 11 222 16

 

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:

  • 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 while 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 have 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.

* There was a deficit in the number of laboratories that reported today.

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

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