PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. (File photo)
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Senior Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said 50 percent of COVID-19 patients who have required hospitalisation had one or more comorbidities. This contrasts with the 29 percent of patients without comorbidities who required hospitalisation.
His comment came during a virtual Commonwealth COVID-19 leaders meeting yesterday. “Seventy-one percent of the cases (44 cases) with no comorbidities did not require hospitalisation while 42.9 percent of the patients with one or more comorbidities who were hospitalised died, while zero patients hospitalised with no comorbidities died from COVID-19. All COVID-19 related deaths in the Bahamas occurred with patients having one or more comorbidities,” he said.
He continued: “Notwithstanding that we are still rebuilding after Hurricane Dorian, our response to COVID-19 has been quick, strategic and informed. We have had a total of 11 deaths, a limited number of hospitalisations, and adequate ICU beds over the course of 99 days.
“The Bahamas fully activated its Health Emergency Operating Centre on March 16, 2020. We solidified relationships; established evidenced-based protocols for case management; and strengthened our mechanisms for case identification and contact tracing, among other measures. We faced challenges with the supply chain of swabs chemical reagents needed of testing, and PPEs. We continuously revised protocols and adjusted guidelines to fit our resources notwithstanding that the limited appropriate supplies decreased our ability to scale-up community testing.
“Even in the face of these challenges, real-time PCR testing was enhanced in the accredited National Reference Laboratory. As we explore the characteristics of the epidemic within my country we see our epi-curve demonstrates our turning/bending of the curve. The age profile of the cases and deaths do not necessarily follow global or regional patterns.”
Comments
tribanon 4 years, 6 months ago
We will never really know how many have died in our country so far from Covid-19 just as we still do not really know how many died from Hurricane Dorian.
joeblow 4 years, 6 months ago
Interesting he could try to detect trends with limited testing!
K4C 4 years, 6 months ago
comorbidities kinda a big word for most
BTW it doesn't show anything but arrogance
ThisIsOurs 4 years, 6 months ago
Did I misread? 50% of the patients who required hospitalization had comorbidities but 29% of the persons who required hospitalization didnt have comorbidities. Both cant be true.The writer may have summarized the narrative but also changed the intended meaning..unless that's a direct quote.
Maybe they meant 50% of those with comorbidties required hospitalization but only 29% of those without comorbidities required hospitalization.
From which you can conclude that a comorbidity makes it more likely that you'd require hospitalization. The conclusion they wanted to arrive at was clear but the statement was mangled.
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