63 new cases of COVID-19, one more death

As of Sunday, August 16, 2020

The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that there are 63 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The total number of cases is now 1,315 with 1,105 of those active.

The Ministry also announced that a 37-year-old New Providence man died on Sunday. The death toll now stands at 18.

Forty-five of the new cases are in New Providence, five are in Grand Bahama and the details of the other cases are pending.

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.

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DDK 4 years, 3 months ago

Tribune, glad you managed to get these updated "statistics" out ahead of the dreaded Sunday night PM address!

tribanon 4 years, 3 months ago

Why wait or rely on The Tribune? See link below for Johns Hopkins' daily updated statistics re. Bahamas that you visit at anytime.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/baha…

proudloudandfnm 4 years, 3 months ago

GB is trending down. Thank god! I so tired of this damned couch....

ThisIsOurs 4 years, 3 months ago

lol. All you have to do is stand up you know:)

ISpeakFacts 4 years, 3 months ago

Yawn, this is just getting repetitive at this point, the local village idiot aka PM Minnis will just announce more lockdowns again tomorrow because thats the only thing his peanut sized brain knows how to do!

What Minnis, along with his idiotic administration and NEMA should be doing in the meantime is preparing for the peak of Hurricane Season! Because it is clear as day that these buffoons haven't learned a DAMN thing since Hurricane Dorian! We'll be SITTING DUCKS if another Category 5 Storm rides up our chain of islands, I say another because we've had Category 5 Hurricane Minnis tormenting our waters since 2017!

ISpeakFacts 4 years, 3 months ago

Also to add: There is currently a tropical wave far out east that could very well take the same path as Dorian, this virus should be the last thing on our minds!

Porcupine 4 years, 3 months ago

Only if you can't hold two thoughts in your head at the same time.

rodentos 4 years, 3 months ago

first category 6 hurricane was recorded 2015. At some point a 6+ will hit us what then

Proguing 4 years, 3 months ago

The increase in infections is proof that lockdowns don’t work. Look at Taiwan 24 million people island next to China, no lockdowns, only 7 deaths and less than half of the number of cases of the Bahamas (and they are testing everyone).

watcher 4 years, 3 months ago

I was going to post a similar statistic about Vietnam. It can only be because either people are not wearing masks when outside, the mad queues at supermarkets etc or there are large family gatherings where the protocols are not being followed. Whatever the reason, we are now truly in the throes of the pandemic.

US idiocy is most definitely contagious....

Morons....

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