1 Death, 147 Positive, 220 Active, 4 In Hospital
The Ministry received 7112 test results — spanning 6 days — and 147 were positive, so there are now 220 active cases, of which 4 people are in hospital, and the Ministry confirmed that the island has recorded another coronavirus related death, marking the 129th since the pandemic began.
“I am sad to report that Bermuda has had another coronavirus related death,” said Minister of Health, Kim Wilson. “I extend my condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.”
“Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 7112 test results, and 147 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 2.06%.
“These results are from testing done on:
- Wednesday: 31 positive out of 1957 results [1.6% positivity]
- Thursday: 25 positive out of 1622 results [1.5% positivity]
- Friday: 22 positive out of 836 results [2.6% positivity]
- Saturday: 16 positive out of 745 results [2.1% positivity]
- Sunday: 21 positive out of 871 results [2.4% positivity]
- Monday: 32 positive out of 1081 results [3.0% positivity]
“30 of the new cases are classified as imported with a history of travel in the previous 14 days.
“The additional 117 new cases are classified as either local transmission [47] or under investigation [70].
“Additionally, there were 164 recoveries.
“There are 220 active cases, of which:
- 216 are under public health monitoring; and
- 4 are in hospital, with 0 in intensive care.
“Since March 2020, Bermuda has recorded 12711 coronavirus cases, out of which 12362 have recovered, and sadly there have been 129 coronavirus-related deaths.
“The source of all active cases is as follows:
- 38 are Imported
- 80 are classified as local transmission
- 102 are Under Investigation
“The source of all confirmed cases is as follows:
- 2397 are Imported
- 9940 are classified as local transmission of which:
- 4571 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
- 5369 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
- 374 are Under Investigation
“As investigations proceed, transmission categories may change. For 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 .74.
“Since January 11, 2021, Bermuda residents have received 129,795 vaccinations.
“Of the 129,795 vaccinations given as of March 30, 2022:
- 52% are women and,
- 48% are men
“87.0% of all residents over 65 years have had at least one vaccination, and 85.7% are fully immunised.
“To date, 75.5% of the population has been vaccinated [1 dose], and 73.8% of the population has been immunised [2 doses].
“72.9% of those eligible for a booster have received their booster. 6.0% of those with a booster have received a second booster dose.
“The Ministry of Health recently received sequencing results from CARPHA indicating the presence of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2, among positive cases on the island.
“Living safely with Covid requires us to continue to follow public health guidance,” said Minister of Health, Kim Wilson, JP, MP. “Please practise healthy behaviours and consider the safety of yourself and others.
“Keep a safe distance from others in public, wear a mask, and avoid closed spaces, crowded places and close contact settings. Have good hand hygiene, proper ventilation indoors, take an at-home antigen test before going to events and socialising, and get vaccinated and boosted.”
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
In a normal flu season there would be people in hospital, and deaths. Time to shut down this nonsense. Just fearmongering to justify the State of Emergency, which has passed, and continued control of Bermuda. The stats are about as accurate as the ridiculous 2.5% inflation figure for the 12 months January to January. The only way matters might get back to normal is When the PLP backbench grow some testicular fortitude. Unlikely as they’d rather than be in the bathroom or suddenly sick when a controversial vote is taken. Never vote against the Premier’s wishes despite not supporting him. Total waste of money.
“In a normal flu season there would be people in hospital, and deaths.”
We do not have anywhere near 60 deaths per year from the flu in a “normal flu season”.
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Influenza viruses observed (to-date) kill approximately 1 out 100,000 people. The coronavirus (to-date) kills approximately 1-2 out of 100 people! That’s the difference between maybe one death over two consecutive years of different strains of the flu going through our entire population, and +70 people dying per parish (which will end up being a loved one to either yourself or someone you care about) over the course of a single strain! By all means say what you want to say brother, but don’t insult those who have died and their surviving family members by insinuating their death and suffering was anything but exceptional!