21 new cases of COVID-19

As of Monday, July 20, 2020

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that there are 21 new cases of COVID-19. This comes after 15 new cases were reported on Sunday.

One of the latest cases is from New Providence and the other 20 are from Grand Bahama.

The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 174 – with 70 of those active.

Health officials are reminding the public to practice the following measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19:

• Wear a face mask when you leave home;

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and if soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol;

• Cover your cough or sneeze in your inner elbow or with a tissue; and

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as phones, remotes controls, counters, doorknobs, and keyboards.

ISpeakFacts 3 years, 9 months ago

Time for Minnis to GO!!! His ability to make decisions has always been terrible but somehow it's gotten even worse during the worst possible time!

We already have enough idiots in this country who won't wear masks or practice any sort of social distancing, all they want to do is get drunk and party... NOW you factor that in with all the idiots who have traveled to Florida during a PANDEMIC due to Minnis and his loyal "Yes Men" opening our borders to the U.S...meanwhile Freeport's borders don't close off commercial flights until the 22nd.

WE ARE SCREWED!!!

joeblow 3 years, 9 months ago

... Minnis' decisions have not worsened, he has consistently made terrible decisions. Pressure has simply exposed his obvious gross deficiencies, and there are many! He should step down, but he lacks insight into the magnitude of his shortcomings!

ISpeakFacts 3 years, 9 months ago

LOL well said, it also seems the Deputy PM has been exposed to the virus via his police aide, he is currently in quarantine after testing negative. I wonder if it will take the virus knocking the wind out of our politicians for them to finally get some sort of common sense!

proudloudandfnm 3 years, 9 months ago

Damn. We did so damned well with the first wave now look. GB is a damned petrie dish...

Minnis has to go.

ISpeakFacts 3 years, 9 months ago

This is still the first wave, we only did "so well" because we barely tested anyone and we had the entire country shutdown. Thanks to the reopening of bars and clubs, the D- educated population have been partying non stop without wearing any sort of mask or practicing any social distancing, then you factor in Minnis and his "Yes Men" opening our borders allowing our idiot citizens to travel to and from the new Chinese Virus epicenter aka Florida!

proudloudandfnm 3 years, 9 months ago

Nonsense. This is without a doubt a second wave...

bahamianson 3 years, 9 months ago

Still the first , the second is supposed to come in the fall

TalRussell 3 years, 9 months ago

Best the Abaco's come under swift cautionary virus watch being the frequency of travel between the two out islands residents.
The Colony's Central Authority responds to Gand Bahamaland,smartly and urgently to the dangerously fast escalating testing positive for the killer COVID-19.

ThisIsOurs 3 years, 9 months ago

this is a major failure under Minnis as Health Minister who said testing was unnecessary. I suspect that has more to do with him giving up Health Minister post than anything. because the budget debate is 3 weeks old by now. It also explains them trying to spin the narrative that this is due to Bahamians behaving badly. It would be statistical gymnastics to argue that the disease is coming in from across the border but only from Bahamians. that is literally impossible. The only scenario that it would hold up under is if 100% of travellers are Bahamian. I suspect that without random testing of passengers Bahamians are the only ones coming forward to report feeling ill. who wants to be on vacation and stuck in quarantine in the Bahamas? They'll buy some Tylenol and sit by the pool.

tribanon 3 years, 9 months ago

Renward Wells was seen googling the word "virus" this morning and now considers himself to be fully informed and ready to go as our new minister of health.

Clamshell 3 years, 9 months ago

LMAO ..,. !!!

SP 3 years, 9 months ago

@ ISpeakFacts....We were also totally dismayed and disappointed at the D-educated patrons in Sandyport and other "supposed upscale" bars and restaurants in the western district that has been partying non-stop without wearing any sort of mask or practicing any social distancing. Then you factor in the U.S. tourist that refuses to wear masks in their own country and certainly will not wear one in what he feels is a banana republic naturally gravitate to these places out west, and the "lighter-skinned" and culturally confused Bahamians doing everything possible to be accepted by the western crowd, and you have the perfect storm for widespread virus transmission.

tribanon 3 years, 9 months ago

Your efforts on behalf of Minnis to spin this latest surge of the Communist China Virus as being due to unruly Bahamians behaving like children is really quite laughable. But we all know we were doing just fine in keeping this deadly pathogen at bay until Minnis and D'Aguilar foolishly decided to re-open our borders to travellers from the US in the midst of a major surge of the Communist China Virus in many US states, especially Florida.

whogothere 3 years, 9 months ago

Has anyone noticed that there were more than a thousand cases conducted between yesterday and today? Firstly that means that they have conducted nearly 10 times more tests in a single day than at any point during the course of pandemic to 'discover' these cases!! Secondly this could be a typo..Either way if they are using this to justify this insane policy of increased lockdowns then the Minnis administration is bordering on idiocy at best and at worse complacency Looking at this testing rate on the face of it means that actually our covid positivity rate is at it's lowest level in 4 months...Hospitals are not brimming. Corvid mortality remains non existent (I pray I am not speaking too soon). If they pass off this 'spike' as evidence of a "an outbreak" then we are really living in the dictatorship of a doctor...

tribanon 3 years, 9 months ago

As sure as night follows day and day follows night, the hospitalizations and deaths will naturally follow this latest surge in detected cases due to Minnis and D'Aguilar foolishly re-opening our borders to travellers from the US in the midst of a major surge of the Communist China Virus in many US states, especially Florida.

whogothere 3 years, 9 months ago

And yet no one has died from Covid in 3 months...where is this night u dpesk of?

whogothere 3 years, 9 months ago

Over 1000 tests between today and yesterday... This is not evidence of increased risk or increased spread... This is simply evidence of increased testing... If this is used to justify the draconian policy rolled out yesterday then are freedoms are indeed stolen for nothing but the inability for our leaders to complete basic arithmetic...

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