COVID-19 Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Situation Report May 15th, 2020
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Since 8th May 2020, there was four newly confirmed cases and no deaths from COVID19. Of the newly confirmed cases: one is male in age group: 40 to 59 (1); three are female in age groups: 20 to 39 (2); and > 60 (1); new cases were distributed among 2 different islands-New Providence (2), and Bimini (2); there have been no newly reported cases in Grand Bahama for 7 days; most newly reported cases had contact with previously reported cases. Among total confirmed cases: 36 male in age groups: 20 to 39 (6); 40 to 59 (20) and > 60 (10); 60 female in age groups: ≤19 (4); 20 to 39 (19); 40 to 59 (21) and > 60 (16); 22 are Health Care Workers (HCWs) representing 23.9% of total cases. As of 14th May 2020, 1,700 real-time PCR (RT-PCR) tests have been conducted. The case-fatality ratio is 11.5% (11 deaths / 96 cases). |