THE Ministry of Health announced that two COVID-19 patients who were being hospitalised died Thursday night, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths to three.
Officials said investigations are being conducted into the deaths. However, more information is expected to be released later today.
This comes after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed on Wednesday that Kim Johnson-Rolle, a Bimini resident who died in the capital on Monday, had tested positive for the highly infectious disease.
To date, there are 24 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, with over 200 in quarantine.
Persons are asked to call the Ministry of Health’s 24-hour hotline at 376-9350 between the hours of 8am and 8pm and 376-9387 between 8pm and 8am if they think they are experiencing symptoms
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ThisIsOurs 4 years ago
investigations conducted into the deaths???? What would prompt that? Thats a very odd statement... Will wait to see the results
stillwaters 4 years ago
They mean that they are tracing the contacts. Don't know why they won't just say that.
ThisIsOurs 4 years ago
They would have started contact tracing from the moment they presented with symptoms or tested positive. This is something different.
If you say you're investigating after someone dies of a severe illness that had a high probability of causing their death anyway, My first thought is do you have reason to believe they shouldn't have died? Hospitals do these reviews regularly for suspect cases...well they're supposed to. It's not a blame game (most times) it's more, what could we have done differently.
We won't know either way.
joeblow 4 years ago
Both infections and deaths are about to accelerate because people refused to be sensible,listen to reason, stay home and self distance. Now things are about to get real!
stillwaters 4 years ago
And families are going to be looking for somebody to blame.
TalRussell 4 years ago
Ma Comrade Still, what say if we start with telling the truth, why a Bimini resident had be left dead on PM's, ministers of health's, aviation's and transport's procrastination's watch. Nod once for yeah, twice for no for ministerial intervention?
stillwaters 4 years ago
Her......yes.....she might have been saved......can't say for sure though because she had underlying issues.
TalRussell 4 years ago
If such be case, then why not tell PopoulacesOrdinary the truth - irrespective where hatchet may fall. All signs of a surge in collective ministerial incompetence are stamped all over comrade sister's death certificate? God forbid but still it's damn scary to even picture the dead numbers can turn into 100 dead in less than 30 days.
stillwaters 4 years ago
And Bahamians can sniff out lies ......they are rightly suspicious and can sniff out a lie, even if it's buried in dog poo in a box underground
geostorm 4 years ago
Very unfortunate situation. People, please follow the government's instructions and stay at home, only leaving for essential services. We have to flatten the curb. The life you save may be your very own!
TalRussell 4 years ago
Warning ma comrade Geostorm, the life they save may not be Geostorm's, or so warns colony's crown minister aviation?
Dionisio James says, don't expect your elected government to save everyone [[Geostorm's]]. Nod once for yeah, twice for no of you being on minister's hit list?
Economist 4 years ago
They won't test you until you are ready for hospital. By then it is too late for many.
Countries who have kept the death rate down test, test and test.
That way they can start to treat early on and avoid the hospital and they can trace others early on who may have been incontact isolate them and those with it.
Low testing means a lot more Bahamians will die. Sad.
Locking us away will not do the job.
TEST, TRACE, TREAT
Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years ago
They just don't have anywhere near enough of the testing kits. In fact they likely have so few of them that they would be embarassed to make the number known to the public. It's also why they are silent about the total number of persons tested to date.
TalRussell 4 years ago
But Ma Comrade Economist, that requires investing in test kits.
ThisIsOurs 4 years ago
yep by the time they have the breathing problems it looks like the decline is very rapid. but this seems to be the case world over. they're not taking patients unless they reach that stage. hospitals everywhere are stressed.
TalRussell 4 years ago
Seems number test kits hospitals actually have on hand as we posts may be on high side 600, low side 150?
Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years ago
The Tribune's headline to this article should much more appropriately read "Sad News."
Sensationalizing this crisis to increase readership should be beneath The Tribune's Chief Editor.
John 4 years ago
The fact is that the infection rate for the Bahamas is 80%. Most will be mild infections or just a Passover and up to 30% of that 80% will get visibly ill and some will require hospitalization. Some will expire. Only 20% of of patients who go on a ventilator will recover. And when a patient gets so low that the chances for recovery are close to nil, they may receive what is known as ‘comfort care.’ This is when the patient is given morphine or some other pain killer and efforts are directed more at keeping the patient comfortable as possible rather than recovery.
joeblow 4 years ago
… actually, no. 80% may have no symptoms or mild symptoms. 20% may have more pronounced symptoms and of that 20%, 5% will develop symptoms that may require hospitalization. The rapid rate at which lung function declines in persons with severe problems require supportive care which is unlikely to involve pain meds since people will be unconscious. Not being able to breath properly usually affects the brain!
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