Covid-19: 11 New Positives, Now 208 Active
There were 1043 test results received and and 11 were positive for Covid-19, so Bermuda now has 467 total confirmed positive cases, with 208 currently active cases.
A Government spokesperson said, “There were 1043 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update and 11 were positive for Covid-19.
“Three of the new cases are classified as imported, all testing positive on their arrival test, with details as follows
- 1 resident who arrived on DL 584 from Atlanta on 13 December 2020 with no pre-test
- 1 non-resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 13 December 2020 – *airline crew with no pre-test
- 1 resident who arrived on BA2233 from London on 13 December 2020 with a negative pre-test
*All BA crew are tested on arrival, as they usually overnight.
“Three of the new cases are classified as local transmission with known contact/source as associated with known cases/clusters.
“The remaining new cases are classified as under investigation. These cases are among residents with no history of travel or currently identified links to other known cases or clusters.
“Bermuda now has 467 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:
- ·There are 208 active cases, of which
- 206 are under public health monitoring and
- 2 are hospitalized with 1 in critical care;
- A total of 250 have recovered, and
- The total deceased remains 9.
“The mean age of all confirmed positive cases is 44 years (median: 40 years) and the age range is 0 to 101 years. The mean age of all currently active cases is 35 years (median: 30 years) and the age range is 0 to 77 years.
“To protect privacy and confidentiality, the average age and age range of the hospitalized cases will not be provided. The average age of all deceased cases is 74 years and the age range is 57 to 91 years.
“The source of all cases is as follows:
- · 137 are Imported
- · 266 are Local transmission, with known contact/source
- · 21 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source, and
- · 64 are Under Investigation
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change. The seven-day average of our real time reproduction number is greater than 1 (1.96) and Bermuda’s current country status is “Clusters of Cases”.
Graphic showing the date/amount of new confirmed cases announced each day so far this month:
“We’ve had many queries from members of the public about when is it necessary to quarantine,” said Minister of Health Kim Wilson.
“Persons who test positive, live with someone who tested positive, or who were identified as being in close contact with a positive case, must quarantine at home for 14 days. As well – if you live with someone who is a close contact with a positive case and you cannot safely separate at your home, you must quarantine for 14 days. And, if someone at your work or school is positive and you were identified as a close contact, you must quarantine.
“If you are travelling to Bermuda, you are required to quarantine for 14 days if you did not have a pre-arrival test or you live with a traveler and cannot safely separate during the traveller’s quarantine.
“Each situation is different and it is important, while you wait to receive guidance from the Ministry of Health’s ESU, that you quarantine to keep yourself and others safe. Please visit gov.bm for all official Covid-19 information.”
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
- Live Updates: Continuous updates of the latest news here.
Why are there still flights with the UK when they are a bloody hotbed. Why do we have to put up with this BS? Their country is in a lockdown who the hell needs to travel there unless an emergency.
Because hundreds of us have children in the UK that we haven’t seen since September. 200,000 cases in the US today, 18,000 in the UK.
I think the real question here is why crew are allowed on a flight without daily testing?
Maybe like other people, you should be connecting with them virtually for now.
My daughter is 14, where is she supposed to go at christmas? On the streets??
Think before posting.
Yes I don’t understand why The Crew aren’t tested daily either. Its a risk for the passengers. Did our new Governor arrive on that Flight? That was Sunday and she was sworn in the next day right?
Hope its sorted out soon. Vaccines I don’t know how safe they are but hopefully more information will be given to the General Public about Vaccines soon.
Especially concerning is the fact that the UK’s recent lockdown is due to a NEW variant of the virus. Will we test for that NEW variant to see if it makes it to Bermuda? Can people who’ve already had the original virus get this new variant? Will the vaccines created for the original virus work on the new variant? (The flu vaccines have to change from year to year because the flu has new variants every year fyi)
Community spread!? Yah kids are bringing it back from school and giving early Christmas presents to the parents!! Wake de heel up!!!
Your grammar speaks volumes for your educational deficits.
I don’t understand why BA crew members don’t have to have pre tests. As a consequence of this, my mother (who was on that flight and apparently a “close contact”) has been put into 14 day quarantine and our Christmas has been ruined. It is appalling.
Would love to know, our daughter is also in quarantine as deemed a “close contact”. Wish we knew if it was the crew or a passenger…
Absolutely puts a dent in Christmas.