Authored by: Ministry of Health
Source: Ministry of Health
Date: March 8, 2021

 

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19

 

Island Total Confirmed Cases Breakdown of Newly Confirmed Cases[1]
New Providence 6189 0
Grand Bahama 1267 0
Abaco 266 1
Bimini & Cat Cay 107 0
Eleuthera 167 0
Berry Islands 54 0
Exuma 122 0
Inagua 19 0
Andros 46 0
Long Island 11 0
Cat Island 8 0
Acklins 7 0
Crooked Island 6 0
Mayaguana 3 0
San Salvador 10 0
Locations Pending 361 0
TOTAL 8642 1

 

GENDER OF NEWLY CONFIRMED CASES

 

Gender of Newly Confirmed Cases # Cases
Males 0
Females 1
Unknown 0
TOTAL 1

 

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 0 0 0
Princess Margaret Hospital 2 2 0

Sandilands Rehabilitation

Centre

 0 0 0

Grand Bahama

      
Grand Bahama Health Services 6 6 0
TOTAL 17 16 1

 

ACTIVE CASES & RECOVERIES

 

Active Cases 920
Total # of Recovered Cases # of Cases Recovered Today
7483 18

 

DEATHS

 

Total COVID-19 Deaths Total Non-COVID-19 Deaths Total Deaths Under Investigation
185 39 15

 

Two deaths have been classified as COVID-19 related. The unfortunate deaths are as follows:

 

Age Sex Island of Residence Date of Death
62 Female New Providence 7th March, 2021
57 Female New Providence 8th March, 2021

 

TESTS COMPLETED

 

Total # of Tests Completed # of Tests Completed Today # of Positive Results # of Negative Results # of Repeated Tests[2] # of  Inconclusive Results
70,352 88 1 85 2 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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