Friday, August 28, 2020
The Ministry of Health reported that there were 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, with two more deaths under investigation.
The total number of cases now stands at 2,020 with 1,221 of those active. There have been 50 deaths.
Of the new cases, 82 are in New Providence, six are in Grand Bahama and the details for the other nine are unknown at this time.
Health officials are reminding the public to practice the following measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19:
• Wear a face mask when you leave home;
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and if soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol;
• Cover your cough or sneeze in your inner elbow or with a tissue; and
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces such as phones, remotes controls, counters, doorknobs, and keyboards.
Comments
TalRussell says...
**Meanwhile,** didn't Haiti's public Health report **28** new cases during the same reporting period?
**Where all the former Hurricane Dorian Shelters residents heading to Abaco administrated virus tests and placed under government-supervised quarantine upon their arrival?** Nod Once for Yeah that should've makes sense, Twice for No?
Posted 28 August 2020, 12:47 p.m. Suggest removal
proudloudandfnm says...
If they open Nassau this week get ready for 2-300 cases a day....
In that situation our economy would only get worse...
People need to understand there is no easy answer to this... This is literally damned if you do, damned if you don't...
Posted 28 August 2020, 1:41 p.m. Suggest removal
Baha10 says...
Any one else notice the total confirmed case count?!? ... “2020” ... better make haste and drop my “last” dollar on that number with the Web Shop ... as what are the chances of that “falling” on the Covid-19 Dashboard, which is the preferred Site for placing bets on these depressing days.
Posted 28 August 2020, 2:46 p.m. Suggest removal
whogothere says...
Cases don t really matter unless you tracking time to HIT - hospitalizations and deaths do. Florida, Texas, Arizona were a very different story to New York. Loads of cases but comparatively little death. What is interesting is that there seems to more consensus that that HIT is in the 20-30% margin, in other words, in Nassau we d need about 37,000 infections best case for herd immunity...the imperial college model has daily infections ranging 20-30 times the confirmed case load in the Bahamas, if so Nassau may hit the HIT soon and grand bahamA certainly may have...who knows but let’s hope!!
Posted 28 August 2020, 2:49 p.m. Suggest removal
rodentos says...
there are somewhere 10 - 30x so many hidden cases for any reported cases. The whole pandemic is a fake because everybody has covid, or will have had it soon
Posted 28 August 2020, 4:35 p.m. Suggest removal
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