Covid-19: Two New Positives, Total 17 Active
There were 526 test results received yesterday and two were positive for Covid-19 — which are “classified as imported and tested positive on arrival via DL584 from Atlanta on 17 November 2020” — so Bermuda now has a total of 17 active cases.
A Government spokesperson said, “Yesterday, there were 526 test results received by the Ministry of Health, and two were positive for COVID-19. Both cases are classified as imported and tested positive on arrival via DL584 from Atlanta on 17 November 2020. Both cases had pre-departure tests.
“Case isolation and contact tracing has begun.
“Bermuda now has 226 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:
- there are 17 active cases, who are
- all under public health monitoring, and
- none are hospitalized or in critical care;
- a total of 200 have recovered, and
- the total deceased remains 9.
“The average age of all of our confirmed positive cases is 53 and the age range of all of our positive cases is from 7 to 101 years.
The average age of all deceased cases is 74 and the age range is 57 to 91 years.
“The source of all local cases is as follows:
- 113 are Imported
- 92 are Local transmission, with known contact
- 21 are Local transmission with an unknown contact, and
- none are under investigation
“Bermuda’s country status is ‘Sporadic Cases.’ The seven-day average of our real time reproduction number is less than 1.”
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 BermudaCovid.com website here
