ANOTHER person has died from COVID-19, bringing the number of related deaths in the country to eight, according to the Ministry of Health.
In a statement released Thursday evening, health officials said the deceased patient is the country’s 41st confirmed case.
To date, there have been six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grand Bahama, 34 in New Providence and one confirmed case from Bimini.
The newest confirmed case is a 56-year-old New Providence woman with no history of travel. The woman, identified as case #41, died Wednesday night.
The Ministry of Health said an investigation is being conducted into the details of this latest death.
“Health officials continue to follow the condition of the other current COVID-19 positive cases,” the ministry noted.
The death comes as the country is in the middle of a five-day lockdown, which began Wednesday night, to slow the spread of the disease.
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Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years ago
Number of confirmed cases remains low only because of the low number of testing kits available and the current policy on who gets tested. Actual number of infected in the community is no doubt much much higher.
Clamshell 4 years ago
Correct. And I think the “leadership” is just barely smart enough to know this, but they don’t wanna say it out loud. Thus all the extreme measures ...
tell_it_like_it_is 4 years ago
Yeah but mudda, didn't they say they have at least 10,000 kits available? But yet they haven't tested even half that. Why?
Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years ago
God only knows...
tell_it_like_it_is 4 years ago
It's so ridiculous. Someone told me that they even refuse to test persons who have lived with Covid19 patients unless they have difficulty breathing (according to the silly hotline).
The government has truly dropped the ball on this. To me, it also elucidates the higher death rate. It is not only because we don't know the true status of cases. It's also because they test and/or treat people only when they have gotten to the point of respiratory distress/hypoxia. So these people are so bad off before they are accepted, they die soon after.
Around here, it seems to be... you're own your own! If you are able to afford the purchase of a pulse oximeter tool to put on your finger to track your oxygen saturation, God forbid you have difficulty breathing - get one!!
This government playing games with people's lives.
Ya better look out fur ya sef!!! A word to the wise...
ThisIsOurs 4 years ago
"these people are so bad off before they are accepted, they die soon after"
that's seems to be the case. Unfortunately for us I don't think they can do any better. They just dont have the supplies. They can only take you if you about to get on your death bed. The only solution we have is don't get sick. That's why those grocery lines earlier this week are so concerning. It could be too late for many of us.
xtreme2x 4 years ago
TESTING IS ONLY DONE, WHEN THERE IS A REASON TO TEST. THIS COUNTRY IS ONLY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS DOING.
WHAT OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAVE TESTED ALL OF THEIR CITIZENS?
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