Covid: 108 New Cases, Now 396 Active
The Ministry received 3038 test results and 108 were positive for Covid-19 — one classified as imported, 35 classified as local transmission with known contact and 72 as under investigation – so the island currently has 396 active cases, with one person in hospital.
New positive cases over the past week:
- Mon Mar 29, 108 new confirmed
- Sun Mar 28: None publicly released
- Sat Mar 27: 81 new confirmed
- Fri Mar 26: 33 new confirmed
- Thu Mar 25: 34 new confirmed
- Wed Mar 24: 40 new confirmed
- Tue Mar 23: 10 new confirmed
- Mon Mar 22: 41 new confirmed
A Government spokesperson said, “The Ministry of Health received 3038 test results since the last update, and 108 were positive for COVID-19.
“One of the new cases is classified as imported with details as follows:
- A resident who arrived on Jet Blue B62231 from New York on 26 March 2021 and tested positive on their arrival test
“Thirty-five of the new cases are classified as local transmission with known contact as associated with known cases.
“The additional seventy-two new cases are classified as under investigation. These cases are among residents with no currently identified link to other known cases or history of travel in the past 14 days.
“Additionally, since the last update, there were six recoveries.
“There are currently 396 active cases, of which:
- 395 are under public health monitoring and;
- One is in the hospital, and none are in critical care.
“Since March 2020, Bermuda has recorded 1136 total confirmed cases of COVID-19; out of those, 728 persons have recovered, and 12 persons have sadly succumbed to COVID-19.
“The mean age of all confirmed positive cases is 41 years [median: 39 years], and the ages range from less than one year to greater than 100 years.
“The mean age of all currently active cases is 38 years [median: 37 years], and the ages range from less than ten years [age group: 0-9 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 ages range from less than 60 years [age group: 50-59 years] to greater than 80 years [age group: 80-100 years].
“Details will not be provided about the hospitalized case to protect privacy and confidentiality.
“The source of all cases is as follows:
- 241 are imported;
- 753 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 661 are local transmission with known contact/source; and
- 92 are local transmission with an unknown contact/source.
- 142 are under investigation.
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change.
“Of the over 190,000 test results reported, the mean age of all persons tested is 43 years [median: 42 years], and the ages range from less than one year to greater than 100 years.
“The seven-day average of our real-time reproduction number is above one, and Bermuda’s current country status remains ‘Sporadic Cases’ [as determined by the World Health Organisation] and ‘Community Transmission’ [as determined by the Pan-American Health Organisation].
Line chart showing the active cases, the 396 current active cases is, by far, a new record high
“’Sporadic cases’ means having a few cases, which may be imported or locally acquired. However, ‘community transmission’ signifies outbreaks where it is difficult to relate confirmed cases through chains of transmission for large number of cases or there are widely dispersed cases detected in the past 14 days. Bermuda exhibits signs of both these situations.
“The recent increase in numbers means that the COVID-19 helpline and the vaccination helpline are overwhelmed, receiving three times the number of calls that we normally would in a day. The helpline usually receives up to 600 calls a day. Today, by 4pm, they had received almost 1,800 calls.
“We ask everyone for patience as we get more resources and increase the number of phone lines to accommodate those who have questions about the coronavirus and who want to book appointments to get the vaccine.
“Additionally, there is a delay with contact tracers communicating with those who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive. The number of positive cases over the past few days indicates the volume of calls that need to be made. If each positive case was in contact with only four or five people that means, each of those people must be contacted and asked to get tested. We know many people who have tested positive have been in contact with tens of people. We are asking for patience.
“Everyone who lives in Bermuda must recognize that we each have to change our behavior immediately and reduce the number of people we come in contact with. This includes avoiding indoor meetings, restricting social activities and you must keep your social bubbles small. Do not mix with anyone who is not a member of your household. If you can work from home, you are required by law to do so. We all have a responsibility to stop the spread of the virus. Whenever you are outside your home, you should continue to wear a mask, physically distance and practice good hand hygiene.
“If you have been tested to ‘know your status’ and you are waiting for your results, wear a mask at home and if you can, quarantine until you receive your results. If you have been told to quarantine, then please do so.
“There are pop ups testing locations available this week and next. I urge everyone to go and get tested. If you think you may have been exposed to someone who is awaiting results or who has tested positive, you don’t have to wait. Visit one of the pop up locations. Spots are available on a first come, first served basis.
“Walk in and drive in pop-up testing is next available at TCD, on North Street, on Wednesday 31 March from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. A second pop-up testing location is planned for next week, Monday 5 April and Wednesday 7 April at Horseshoe Bay Beach car park from 4:30pm – 7:30pm.
“You don’t need an appointment, you don’t need to get out of your car. You show up and you will be tested. Today we saw long lines at TCD before the testing centre opened. This is encouraging because people are taking advantage of the free testing. Thank you to the Bermuda Police Service and the Royal Bermuda Regiment who helped to direct traffic.”
Minister Wilson concluded, “Bermuda is currently in Phase 3, the final phase of the vaccine allocation strategy, allowing anyone over the age of 16 to get vaccinated.
“Although priority will be given to those aged 65 and over, everyone can now register to be vaccinated. I urge everyone to register an interest to get vaccinated by going to gov.bm and clicking COVID-19 Vaccine Registration.”
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: Bermuda Government website here
- World Stats: Live graph of all cases worldwide here
- Bermuda Stats: Chart of the Bermuda stats here
- Vaccinations: Data covering vaccinations here
- Timeline: Visual look at the timeline here
- Comprehensive: BermudaCovid.com website here
- Live Updates: Continuous updates here.
Call a snap election now PLP. You were riding on efforts of the people doing the right thing but now your crowd is letting you down. You have found yourselves in deep water for sure….well at least this distracts the minions from the financial disaster that you created.
Fools get what they voted for. Hopefully none of the sheeps are lost due to government’s dumbness.
I love this!
Only Burt can call an election and that’s not gonna happen any time soon. See? You get the Govt you vote for: 30-6.
“Call a snap election now PLP”
Nothing would change. On this issue the PLP Government is dong a good job.
54 average for the past two days, 3.35% of results positive, 0.25% of active cases in hospital and just over 1% death rate over the past year. For those who want and can get vaccinated – do it, so that we can open the island and get back to business, sports etc. The government should let vaccinated people mingle (with masks etc).
Remember, vaccinated people can get Covid and can spread Covid. It’s just protects them from getting severely sick and/or dying.
That’s a great thing.
But, the survival rate for those under 60 with no underlying health issues is 99.83%. Similar to the season flu. That too is a good thing.
That too is a fact.
So, the issue is to protect the elderly and those with underlying health issus. Clearly, they should get vaccinated and wear masks and social distance. As for the rest of the island, you are essentially safe. Open up, get to work and get to school . This chatter about vaccine
Passports etc is absurd.
‘Survival rate’ completely ignores the damage it can do over the long run. You wouldn’t suggest people walk through minefields if they only stood to lose limbs vs die. This isn’t any different.
You also would not avoid normal things for a 3% chance that something could go wrong. If you do then you might as well live in a bubble.
LOL like the Truman Show
It’s actually none of your business if someone decides to walk through a minefield regardless of whether they know they will only loose limbs vs die. Mind your own business and get yourself vaccinated if you are so scared. This is a personal medical decision.
Not your business!
I have a friend in their 40s who was healthy before catching COVID. He played a lot of various sports and was in good shape. He no longer has COVID but now he’s fatigued all the time and has headaches all the time. It’s been four months and he wonders when he will fully recover or if he even will. The flu doesn’t wreck you like this.
Tell him to try Chi gong or deep breathing exercises.
Flights in do not seem to be the problem.
Where do you suppose it originated from? A flight in.
People fling in on AA might differ with you. Delta has got it right.
You have more of a chance of dying from driving to get tested than from a positive PCR test
So when does Bermuda plan to get the Johnson + Johnson vaccine?
The important number is Current Hospitalizations and isn’t even displayed in the graphics or charts – probably because it’s been a boring 0 or 1 for a while.
Perhaps this is not a medical crisis anymore.