99 New, 1453 Active, 61 In Hospital, 11 In ICU
The Ministry received 3721 test results — spanning two days — and 99 were positive, so there are now 1453 active cases of which 61 people are in hospital, with 11 in ICU, and sadly the Ministry confirmed ten more deaths.
“I am sad to report today that Bermuda has experienced ten more coronavirus-related deaths,” said Minister of Health, Kim Wilson. “I extend heartfelt condolences to the families and friends who recently lost a loved one.”
“Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 3721 test results, and 99 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 2.7%.
“These results are from testing done on:
- Sunday: 22 positive out of 1424 results [1.5% positivity]
- Monday: 77 positive out of 2297 results [3.2% positivity]
“Six of the new cases are classified as imported with a history of travel in the previous 14 days.
“The additional 93 new cases are classified as either local transmission or remain under investigation.
“Additionally, since the last update, there have been 106 recoveries and ten deaths.
“There are 1453 active cases, of which:
- 1392 are under public health monitoring and
- 61 are in hospital, with 11 in intensive care
“Since the last public report on Monday, there have been 13 admissions and 11 discharges from the hospital.
“Since March 2020, Bermuda has recorded 5244 confirmed coronavirus cases, out of which 3719 have recovered, and sadly 72 Covid related deaths.
“The source of all active cases is as follows:
- 67 are Imported
- 304 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 304 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
- 0 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
- 1082 are Under Investigation
“Active cases by vaccination status, transmission, and type:
- Imported cases: 90% are fully vaccinated, and 10% are not vaccinated
- Local/Under Investigation cases: 20% are fully vaccinated, and 80% are not vaccinated
- Variant typing is not available at this time due to the prioritisation of test results.
“The source of all confirmed cases is as follows:
- 598 are Imported
- 3010 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 2399 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
- 611 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
- 1636 are Under Investigation
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change. For information regarding age distributions and overall transmission categories, please refer to https://www.gov.bm/coronavirus-Covid19-update.
“The seven-day average of our real-time reproduction number is 0.71. Bermuda’s current country status is Clusters of Cases. However, local data continues to indicate that Bermuda meets the criteria for Community Transmission. Community transmission is characterised by an increased incidence of locally acquired, widely dispersed cases, with many cases not linked to specific clusters.
“We have completed week 37 of vaccinations. Since January 11, Bermuda has administered a total of 87,215 vaccinations.
“Of the 87,215 vaccinations given as of September 25:
- 52% are women and,
- 48% are men
“84.2% of all residents over the age of 65 years have had at least one vaccination, and 82.7% are fully immunised.
“To date, 68.3% of the population has been vaccinated [1 dose], and 66.5% of the population has been immunised [2 doses].
Minister Wilson advised, “If you have Covid-19 and you are looking after yourself at home, here are a few tips from medical experts.”
“Have a friend, family member or neighbour check how you are doing daily. Arrange a regular call or talk through a doorway [not face to face].”
“If you have a high temperature, get lots of rest, drink plenty of fluids [water is best] to avoid dehydration – drink enough, so your urine is light yellow and clear, take paracetamol or ibuprofen if you feel uncomfortable.”
“If you have a cough, it’s best to avoid lying on your back. Lie on your side or sit upright instead. To help ease a cough, try having a teaspoon of honey. But do not give honey to babies under 12 months. If this does not help, you could contact a pharmacist for advice about cough treatments, but do not go to the pharmacy, stay home.”
“Be sure to contact your doctor for guidance, and if you do not have a doctor, the hospital has set up a phone number 239-2009 to assist with information on the proper treatment for your symptoms.”
Minister Wilson concluded, “I encourage everyone to please do everything you can to protect you and your family from the virus.”
“Everyone in our community has an individual responsibility to help stop the spread of the coronavirus,” concluded Minister Wilson. “We are all in this together, and we must all work together to ensure our community is safe. The Delta variant is spreading fast, causing more infections in our community. I urge those who have not been vaccinated to do so now. The Covid-19 vaccines work to prevent severe illness, which may be fatal.”
You can find more information on the links below from our dedicated website BermudaCovid.com, which is the most comprehensive resource and historic record available of Bermuda’s handling of the pandemic.
- All Charts: Vaccine, testing & more here
- Timelines: Dates of major developments here
- Test results: Chart of testing stats here
- Vaccine: Data covering vaccinations here
- Dedicated website: BermudaCovid.com
This is terrible news. How much more grief do we have to endure before govt does what they need to do and mandate vaccinations?
Know one can be force to take any vaccines. They either choose it or if not…. they rolled the dice with COVID. As we see COVID is winning against the unvac RIP!
There is a segment of Bermuda’s population who refuse to vaccinate. Don’t lecture that “we’re all in this together” BS. Tough results but deaths will continue until a certain segment understand medical science and not the snake oil salesmen.
Anyone that gets seriously ill or dies from COVID, does so because they choose that path.
That is very disrespectful, distasteful, and insensitive particularly to the family of those whose loved ones passed dispite following the advice of the “experts” and getting fully vaccinated.
I’m sorry you’re offended, but being offended doesn’t qualify as an argument.
The fact is, 35% of our population are choosing not to be vaccinated. Now, a small proportion of those will have genuine medical reasons for not being vaccinated, but that makes it EXTRA important that everyone else gets vaccinated. That’s how vaccines work.
It’s especially important given the relative poor health of Bermuda’s population that as many people as possible get vaccinated.
This is on the unvaccinated. I’d be more offended at them than me.
“Anyone that gets seriously ill or dies from COVID, does so because they choose that path.”
Really?
People who are 70 or 80 years old “choose that path” to die? People with medical conditions that make the vaccine inappropriate “choose that path” to die?
I must disagree with your hypothesis.
THen their deaths are on the hands of the unvaccinated.
We both are pro vax but I think your comment is a bit too far. There have been vaxxed people who have died from COVID. No one willingly wants to get covid either.
How many? What underlying medical conditions?
Including the vaccinated who died?
You know the answer to that, stop being obtuse.
I’m pro vax but you must be careful with the generalizations.
One of the recent deaths was an individual who had a comorbidity not of their own making or control and took the correct action and got fully vaxed in advance. Unfortunately the vax was no match for their existing problem and they succumbed. Such a tragedy , and it wasn’t an old fat person either like the anti-vaxers like to keep spouting.
2 days missing…….that seems very odd.
Hi, if you mean the calendar image we do, sorry if we are giving wrong impression, we don’t mean to! As it takes the health team time to collate the data, results are not generally released on the exact day. However, they will be released, so we will get the two days results… likely on Friday.
@justin, it’s not odd. You’re looking for a conspiracy that doesn’t exist by intimating that the Govt is hiding information. Stop it.
Less testing = less positive cases.
(If we were to do zero tests = we would have zero positives.)
This is concerning. I understand the government’s reason for doing fewer tests but this means there are undetected positive cases out there spreading in the community.
Plus, less testing means some people could feel like they have a cold but don’t know they actually have covid and may not seek medical attention. Are these the people who are dying at home?
This has been my concern too. The criteria was changed right at the peak of cases last week. It makes it very hard to assess the numbers now. Yes, the cases seem to be dropping but they are not testing a whole group of people they were testing up until just last week. Quite worrying.
To Wow,
Not strictly ‘zero tests = zero positives’, as there is international best practice on diagnosis by symptoms and other medical examinations, even via telemedicine. The test is one form of diagnosis.
However, tests are fairly readily available to anyone and as you mention, those who feel they have a cold, but rightly choose to check.
They should really publish vaccine status along with death and hospitalization statistics. That may encourage a few more to get a vaccine.