Covid-19: 20 New, 35 Active, No One In Hospital
The Ministry received 6762 test results – spanning 4 days — and 20 were positive, so there are now 35 active cases and the Ministry said that “by variant type, for the 28 active cases with typing available, 43% are Delta [12 persons] and 57% are Omicron [16 persons].”
A Government spokesperson said, “Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 6762 test results, and 20 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 0.3%.
“These results are from testing done on:
- Wednesday: 4 positive out of 1563 results [0.3% positivity]
- Thursday: 6 positive out of 2053 results [0.3% positivity]
- Friday: 2 positive out of 1794 results [0.1% positivity]
- Saturday: 8 positive out of 1352 results [0.6% positivity]
“11 of the new cases are classified as imported with a history of travel in the previous 14 days.
The additional 9 new cases are classified as either local transmission [8] or under investigation [1].
“Additionally, there have been 9 recoveries and 0 deaths since the last update.
“There are 35 active cases, and all are under public health monitoring.
“Since March 2020, Bermuda has recorded 5784 confirmed coronavirus cases, out of which 5643 have recovered, and sadly 106 Covid related deaths.
“The source of all active cases is as follows:
- 25 are Imported
- 8 are classified as local transmission
- 2 are Under Investigation
“Active cases by vaccination status, transmission, and type:
- Imported cases: 92% are fully vaccinated, and 8% are not vaccinated
- Local/Under Investigation cases: 90% are fully vaccinated, and 10% are not vaccinated
- By variant type for the 28 active cases with typing available, 43% are Delta [12 persons], 57% are Omicron [16 persons].
“The source of all confirmed cases is as follows:
- 732 are Imported
- 5044 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 3087 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
- 1957 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
- 8 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 0.30.
Minister of Health, Kim Wilson said, “Amendments to the Quarantine [Covid-19] [No. 3] Order 2020 went into effect today, and it is imperative that travellers, inbound and outbound, visit https://www.gov.bm/articles/amendments-quarantine-Covid-19-no-3-order-2020 to learn about the new requirements.
“I also want to remind everyone that the coronavirus thrives on human contact, and as we head into the holiday season, we must continue to follow public health guidance.
“Everyone must do their part to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Avoid the three “Cs”: closed spaces, crowded places, and close contact settings to decrease the odds of getting the coronavirus. Continue to wear a mask, practice good hand hygiene, maintain physical distance and download the WeHealth Bermuda app.”
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
Although scientists don’t yet know how often the variant causes severe disease, they say its rapid rate of spread will lead to an explosion of cases and could potentially increase pressure on hospitals, even if it proves to be mild.
– New York Times
Variants do move around but they don’t show anymore mortality. Variants are a good thing because they are the natural process of it becoming just a weak cold virus. Variants are actually encoded into the original virus. Variants are a background virus. They maybe slightly more transmisible because they evade the immune system only slightly.
Yup. That’s the fear tactics again. Now there position doesn’t matter anymore norr that they have the whole world by the short and curlys.The science doesn’t have to make sense anymore. Well….then again it never did.Lol
Suckers! The target will keep moving and moving and moving and moving
Google has told its US staff they must be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the middle of January or face serious repercussions including a pay cut and ultimately the loss of their job.