Covid-19: 636 Test Results, None Were Positive
There were 636 test results received today and none were positive for Covid-19, so the total of confirmed positive cases thus far remains at 166, with 10 cases remaining active.
A Government spokesperson said, “Today there were 636 test results received by the Ministry of Health, and none were positive for Covid-19.
“Recent travellers are reminded that you must remain in quarantine until you receive your individual results by email. There has been a small number of persons who have broken quarantine because they hear on the news that there were no positive results the day prior. In fact, travellers must remain in quarantine until they receive their emailed result of the negative test that releases them from quarantine.
“Bermuda has had 166 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:
- 147 have recovered, and
- there are 10 active cases, who are
- all under active public health monitoring;
- none is hospitalized or in critical care, and
- the total deceased remains 9.
“The average age of all of our confirmed positive cases is 58 and the age range of all of our positive cases is from 18 to 101 years.
“The source of all local cases is as follows:
- 61 are Imported
- 85 are Local transmission, with known contact
- 19 are Local transmission with an unknown contact, and
- 1 is under investigation
“Bermuda’s country status is “Sporadic Cases”. The seven-day average of our real time reproduction number is less than 1.”
A video pan showing the timeline of Covid developments over the past few months:
As the island and world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, we are doing our best to provide timely and accurate information, and you can find more information on the links below.
- All: Our coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic here
- Official: The Bermuda Government website here
- World Stats: Live graph of all cases worldwide here
- Bermuda Stats: Chart of the Bermuda stats here
- Timeline: Visual look at the timeline here
- Comprehensive: Our new Covid-19 website here
Yay!
Jamaica has already placed a deposit on the vaccine being developed by Oxford University and hailed as one of if not the best. Has Bermuda taken a similar proactive position, or is the PLP waiting for Barbados to announce what they are doing?
We don’t have enough money to place a deposit down on a ham sandwich at Buzz let alone a vaccine.
Thank you PLP.
A “small number of person have broken quarantine “……. that with the news of 2 people who tested positive on follow up testing , who were allowed to move about between tests. It doesn’t take much for this virus to spread. March we were ducking for cover, shutting the island down and doing roadside checks to make sure people weren’t breaking quarantine. Now , people can move freely between tests and there’s clearly not enough surveillance on those who should be quarantining.