The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that there were 151 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths. One death which was under investigation has now been confirmed as COVID-19 related.
The total number of cases is now 3,618 with 1,594 of those active.
One hundred and twenty-eight of the new cases were in New Providence, four were in Grand Bahama, 17 were in Abaco, one was in Andros and one was in Inagua.
Two men, aged 73 and 49, who were from New Providence, died on Tuesday and the death of a 40 year-old woman from New Providence on August 30th was confirmed as COVID-19 related. The death toll is now 80.
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ISpeakFacts 3 years, 6 months ago
A NEW RECORD!!! Nassau is filled with idiots who don't follow any rules including our politicians, police, and RBDF so this comes as no surprise! When da tourist who "VIP" supposed to be coming aye PM?
Meanwhile Minnis somehow allowed this garbage to come out of his dirty mouth today: "It appears The Bahamas is "nearing the end" of its second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic."
The death of a 40 year-old woman from New Providence on August 30th was confirmed as COVID-19 related.
Why does it take one month to figure out if a person had a virus related death??? Who knows how many more are still backlogged!
The death toll is now 80.
Once again, the Tribune doesn't know how to count! 80 deaths + 10 deaths + 19 deaths = 109 deaths! Under investigation or not, a death is still a death!
DWW 3 years, 6 months ago
testing the dead is a very low priority when you have thousands of alive waiting for a test. stop being so dramatic, go eat a snickers please.
whogothere 3 years, 6 months ago
Why do u include non COVID deaths and investigated deaths in your count- Comrade I speak facts? - I believe non COVID deaths are clearly not caused by COVID they include car crash’s, people that fell off ladders or other incidents that were ‘not related’ to the disease. Similarly deaths under investigation the exact is unknown and may or may not be related. Until recently the dash board was in fact including the non related deaths in the count (and may still be) but at this point I ve lost track.
It’s relevant to note that every single time there has been a big case jump it has been accompanied by equally testing dump. This is no different -1050 tests processed yesterday, but the positivity rates is a unfortunately stable 20%, hospitalization still high.
So no this pandemic is not over in the Bahamas but impending economic collapse is more dangerous and despite all the inappropriate joking in parliament by the joke of a PM he knows it. And now effectively the Bahamas’s strategy is essentially Sweden’s only difference being we took a wrecking ball to our economy first...sigh...virus is gonna virus and like a hurricane not a lot that can be done but ride it out...fortunately COVID19 ain’t a Cat5.
DWW 3 years, 6 months ago
impending economic collapse is very real and happening already.
Honestman 3 years, 6 months ago
The PM's self congratulatory address in Parliament yesterday was an affront to our sensibilities. This virus is clearly trending in the wrong direction and he tries to spin it that Bahamas will soon be open for business if we just adhere to mask wearing, distancing etc...
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
Worse still, many of the Covid-19 related deaths that have occurred since his most fateful, foolish and stupid decision to pre-maturely re-open our borders on July 1, fall squarely within his lap of responsibility. And for this Minnis has neither made a public apology nor shown any meaningful sorrow, shame or remorse. He should have fallen on his sword many months ago.
DWW 3 years, 6 months ago
so we should bury heads in sand and wait 5 years for it all to be over? what do you propose the person does who hasn't had a paycheck in 7 months? sleep the landlord to pay the rent every month?
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
Suggest you start agitating for Minnis to be given the boot from active politics because none of us will ever stand a chance of seeing the light of better times again until he is gone.
trueBahamian 3 years, 6 months ago
So, the PM said things are looking up. He believes things are going well. Interesting!
Leadership is not something achieved over time or something that can be taught. It is an innate quality. It seems that when we vote, we're electing people for leadership who haven't demonstrated leadership qualities. Then we are surprised that they can't lead. We do this time.and time again. What's the definition of insanity, doing things the same way all the time but expecting a different outcome.
DWW 3 years, 6 months ago
well, we do all vote for party not candidate right? or did i get that message wrong?
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
Speak for yourself. The last two general elections I voted for the independent candidate who ran in my constituency because that person was hands down the much better candidate compared to the corrupt moronic political hacks nominated to run by the leaders of the PLP, FNM and DNA parties alike.
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