Covid: 2805 Tests Received, 14 New Positives
There were 2805 test results received and 14 were positive for Covid-19 — six imported, five local transmission with known contact/source and the rest under investigation — so Bermuda now has 595 total confirmed positive cases to date, with 164 active cases.
A spokesperson said, “There were 2805 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update and 14 were positive for COVID-19.
“Six of the new cases are classified as imported with details as follows:
- 1 non-resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 13 December 2020 who tested positive on their Day 14 test having been in quarantine as a contact of a case identified from the same flight
- 1 resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 17 December 2020 and tested positive on their Day 8 test
- 1 non-resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 23 December 2020 and tested positive on their Day 4 test
- 1 resident who arrived on Jet Blue B62231 from New York on 26 December 2020 and tested positive on arrival
- 1 resident and 1 non-resident who arrived on BA 2233 from London on 27 December 2020 and tested positive on arrival
“Five of the new cases are classified as local transmission with known contact/source as associated with a known cases.
“The remaining new cases are classified as under investigation. These cases are among residents with no currently identified links to other known cases or history of travel in the past 14 days.
“Additionally, since the last update, 27 cases have recovered.
“Bermuda now has 595 total confirmed positive cases. Their status is as follows:
“There are 164 active cases, of which:
- 159 are under public health monitoring and
- 5 are hospitalized with none in critical care;
- a total of 421 have recovered, and
- the total deceased remains at 10.
“The mean age of all confirmed positive cases is 43 years [median: 40 years] and the age range is less than 1 year to greater than 100 years.
“The mean age of all currently active cases is 38 years [median: 33 years] and the age range is less than 5 years [age group: 1-4 years] to greater than 80 years [age group: 80-100 years].
“The mean age of all hospitalized cases is 59 years [median: 54 years] and the age range is less than 40 years [age group: 30-39 years] to greater than 80 years [age group: 80-100 years].
“The mean age of all deceased cases is 75 years [median: 77 years] and the age range is less than 60 years [age group: 50-59 years] to greater than 80 years [age group: 80-100 years].
“The source of all cases is as follows:
- 157 are Imported
- 354 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 328 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
- 26 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
- 84 are Under Investigation
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change. Today’s update has 1 case moving from under investigation to local transmission with known contact/source.
“The seven-day average of our real time reproduction number is less than 1 [0.53] and Bermuda’s current country status is “Clusters of Cases”.
The Minister of Health Kim Wilson said, “I want to issue a reminder to people who are scheduled for a COVID-19 test to please turn up at your scheduled appointment time; this will prevent gatherings of people waiting to receive a test and ensure a more orderly system of testing.
“Additionally, I wish to remind travellers that those returning to the island without a pre-arrival test will now have to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and pay a $300 fee.”
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.
Well Bermuda, what you gonna do?
So much for the 4 day quarantine for returning residents. Wilson needs to go. No clue, no understanding of the virus.
On the Hamilton ferry platform today I saw a young woman not wearing her mask, a worker told her to put it back on, she did and then immediately took it off again. The same worker told her a second time, she put it back on, walked onto the ferry and pulled it down. Why was this woman allowed to board the ferry after openly disrespecting the ferry worker and refusing to keep her mask on?
Why are we still allowing those London flights to land? Majority of European countries have halted all flights to/from UK. The new virus variant is infecting all over the place!