NASSAU Bahamas — The COVID-19 death toll surpassed 400 on Tuesday night with the Ministry of Health confirming 10 additional COVID deaths between August 24 and 27, The Nassau Guardian reported on Wednesday, September 1.
Seven of the individuals were women between the ages of 27 and 70 and three were men between the ages of 43 and 65.
The Bahamas has seen a wave of COVID deaths in the last month. A total of 115 deaths have been confirmed in August, just over a fourth of the total number of deaths confirmed since the start of the pandemic.
On Tuesday morning the Ministry of Health reported 15 COVID-19 deaths between July 30 and August 23. On Monday, the ministry confirmed 27 deaths that were previously under investigation.
The official COVID-19 death count now stands at 406.
Twenty cases remain under investigation.
An additional 67 COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday.
Forty-six of those cases were reported on New Providence, seven on Grand Bahama, six on Eleuthera, four on Abaco, two on Exuma, one on Andros and one on Long Island.
There are 3,103 active cases.
As of Monday, 170 individuals with COVID-19 remained hospitalized.
The ministry said 82 of them were hospitalized at Princess Margaret Hospital, 54 at Doctors Hospital, six at South Beach Acute Care and Referral Centre, and 28 at Grand Bahama Health Services.
Twelve COVID-positive patients were in the Intensive Care Unit.
Minister of Health Renward Wells told reporters yesterday the ministry has hired additional doctors to assist in the COVID fight.
He added that the government is also looking to bring on an additional 100 nurses. See complete story in The Nassau Guardian at https://thenassauguardian.com/more-than-400-covid-deaths-reported/
