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Two more deaths and 129 cases confirmed over weekend

Tue, May 25th 2021, 05:05 PM
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THE Bahamas recorded 129 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and two new deaths.

The two deaths included a 37-year-old woman and a 75-old-man, both of New Providence.
#Currently, 45 people are hospitalised, including four in the intensive care unit.
#Health Minister Renward Wells said on Wednesday that 53 of the country’s COVID-19 deaths occurred during the third wave of the virus.
#The third wave, he told The Tribune yesterday, began on February 28. Since his speech on Wednesday, the country has recorded five additional COVID-19 deaths, meaning 58 deaths can be attributed to COVID-19 during the third wave.
#Fifty thousand two hundred and forty-two people have received a first or second dose of the COVID- 19 vaccine in the Bahamas to date, according to the latest figures. These include 44,226 who have received one dose and 6,016 people who have received both doses.
#Dr Merceline Dahl- Regis, special advisor to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee, said on Sunday that officials will start administering second doses to Family Islands during June.
#“We are pleased with the islands whose residents have come out in large numbers to receive the vaccine,” she said. “In particular, the residents of Grand Bahama should be congratulated. The data show that the vaccine campaign there is working. The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Grand Bahama is decreasing. To date hospitalisations are at a low level and there are no ICU admissions.
#“The national COVID- 19 vaccination campaign has been ongoing for nine weeks. It began in mid- March with a distribution plan by priority groups. This included healthcare workers, persons 60 years of age and older and members of the uniformed branches.

The two deaths included a 37-year-old woman and a 75-old-man, both of New Providence.

Currently, 45 people are hospitalised, including four in the intensive care unit.

Health Minister Renward Wells said on Wednesday that 53 of the country’s COVID-19 deaths occurred during the third wave of the virus.

The third wave, he told The Tribune yesterday, began on February 28. Since his speech on Wednesday, the country has recorded five additional COVID-19 deaths, meaning 58 deaths can be attributed to COVID-19 during the third wave.

Fifty thousand two hundred and forty-two people have received a first or second dose of the COVID- 19 vaccine in the Bahamas to date, according to the latest figures. These include 44,226 who have received one dose and 6,016 people who have received both doses.

Dr Merceline Dahl- Regis, special advisor to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee, said on Sunday that officials will start administering second doses to Family Islands during June.

“We are pleased with the islands whose residents have come out in large numbers to receive the vaccine,” she said. “In particular, the residents of Grand Bahama should be congratulated. The data show that the vaccine campaign there is working. The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Grand Bahama is decreasing. To date hospitalisations are at a low level and there are no ICU admissions.

“The national COVID- 19 vaccination campaign has been ongoing for nine weeks. It began in mid- March with a distribution plan by priority groups. This included healthcare workers, persons 60 years of age and older and members of the uniformed branches.

 

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