Covid-19: 24 New Positive Cases, 126 Active
There have been 24 more positive Covid-19 results — 14 classified as local transmission with known contact/source as associated with known cases or clusters and 10 under investigation, so Bermuda now has 364 total confirmed positive cases to date, with 126 active cases.
A Government spokesperson said, “There were 1239 test results received by the Ministry of Health yesterday [9 December 2020], and 24 were positive for COVID-19.
“14 of the new cases are classified as local transmission with known contact/source as associated with known cases or clusters.
“The remaining 10 new cases are classified as under investigation. These cases are among residents with no history of travel or any currently identified links to other known cases or clusters.
“Bermuda now has 364 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:
- there are 126 active cases, of which
- 124 are under public health monitoring and
- 2 are hospitalized with 1 in critical care;
- a total of 229 have recovered, and
- the total deceased remains 9.
“The mean age of all confirmed positive cases is 46 years [median: 43 years] and the age range is 0 to 101 years.
“The mean age of all active cases is 34 years [median: 26 years] and the age range is 0 to 68 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:
- 129 are Imported
- 179 are Local transmission, with known contact/source
- 21 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source, and
- 35 are under investigation
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change.
“The seven-day average of our real time reproduction number is greater than 1 [1.57] and Bermuda’s current country status is ‘Clusters of Cases’.”
There have been over 7,000 tests done so far this month, with over 100 new positive cases announced, an animation showing the date and amount of new positives announced is below:
The Minister of Health Kim Wilson said: “I would like to provide clarity on what steps a person should take when they are linked to a positive case of COVID-19. If you live with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 then you must quarantine at home for 14 days and test at the start and on or after day 14.
“If you are a non-household close contact of a positive case and were within six feet of them with no mask for 15 minutes or longer, you must quarantine at home for 14 days and test at the start and on or after day 14.
“If someone you live with is a close contact of a positive case, you must ask yourself whether you can safely separate at your home. If the answer is ‘no’ then you must quarantine at home for 14 days. If the answer is ‘yes’, then you must wear a mask and avoid the 3 Cs – closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings.
“If someone at your workplace or school is positive, what you must do depends on whether or not you are a close contact. If you are a close contact then you must quarantine at home for 14 days. If you are not a close contact, then you must wear a mask and avoid the 3 Cs’.”
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
It’s not if we will shut down, it’s when we will shut down.
We did so well but it is out of control now. Time to lock down
We can’t lock down every time the virus flexes its muscles. The economy is burning to the ground, the Bermudian culture quickly getting destroyed and covered up by face masks. Don’t let the authoritarian government control your thoughts.
Yup… put wealth before health…fool
Our R number at 1.57 is higher than ANY state in the United States!….time for a 7 day lockdown to allow a little breather….if that does not work we close airport and have 14 day lockdown…we started so well but got sloppy!
Sloppy is putting it very lightly. The government was so concerned about saving the economy and tourism in Sept/Oct that we are now seeing the knock-on effect of opening our borders and not requiring returning residents to pre-test before they boarded a flight back to Bermuda. That decision in addition to complacency led to this spiraling out of control. How did Cayman do so well you ask? They closed their borders and still continue to do so and dropped their infection rate to zero!
The government wants to save the economy, good luck with that based on the current rate of infection. We will have no choice but to shut down anyway.
Sad because we had this beat 2-3 months ago.
Tip of the day: get your shop on this weekend before lockdown happens.
Where on the scale is a “close exposure” with a quarantine for 14 days and a test required only on day 14 in the scheme of things?
the yellow wrist bands will stop it!
That’s a 2% positivity rate… not good!
When do students abroad start coming home or have they already?
The first BA flight arrives tomorrow and it’s overbooked!
Lets just say 280 passengers.
How does one get test results? Suppkied email n home no.nothing. i called hotline and all I get is repeat of recording. I called 6 times insuccession. Are they short of staff, what is happening. I sent email and goy automated response. Minister Wilson, please look into lack of timely responses.