COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas

COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas
COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas
	Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas (as of 23 March 2021) 5000+ Confirmed cases 1,000-4,999 Confirmed cases 300-999 Confirmed cases 150–299 Confirmed cases 50–149 Confirmed cases 10–49 Confirmed cases 5–9 Confirmed cases 1–4 Confirmed cases No confirmed cases or no data
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	The Bahamas
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	New Providence
Arrival date	15 March 2020; (1 year, 5 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	9,354
Active cases	282
Recovered	8,837
Deaths	189
Fatality rate	2.13%
Government website
	Government of The Bahamas - Ministry of Health; Government of The Bahamas- COVID-19 page;

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).^[3] The outbreak was identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019,^[4] declared to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020,^[5] and recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020.^[6] It was confirmed to have reached the Bahamas on 15 March 2020 with the announcement of the first case.^[1]

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).^[7] The case fatality rate for COVID-19 has been much lower than for other coronavirus respiratory infections such as SARS and MERS, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.^[8]^[9]

Timeline[]

COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas (
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Deaths Recoveries Active cases
2020202020212021
MarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
JanJanFebFebMarMarAprApr
Last 15 daysLast 15 days
Date	# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-15	1(n.a.)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-16	1(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-17	1(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-18	3(+200%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-19	3(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-20	4(+33%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-21	4(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-22	4(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-23	4(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-24	5(+25%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-25	5(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-26	9(+80%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-27	10(+11%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-28	10(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-29	14(+40%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-30	14(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-31	15(+7.1%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-01	21(+40%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-02	24(+14%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-03	24(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-04	28(+17%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-05	29(+3.6%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-06	33(+14%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-07	36(+9.1%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-08	40(+11%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-09	41(+2.5%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-10	42(+2.4%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-11	46(+9.5%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-12	47(+2.2%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-13	49(+4.3%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-14	53(+8.2%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-15	54(+1.9%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-16	55(+1.9%)	8(n.a.)
2020-04-17	55(=)	9(+12%)
2020-04-18	58(+5.5%)	9(=)
2020-04-19	60(+3.4%)	9(=)
2020-04-20	64(+6.7%)	9(=)
2020-04-21	65(+1.6%)	9(=)
2020-04-22	70(+7.7%)	9(=)
2020-04-23	72(+2.9%)	11(+22%)
2020-04-24	73(+1.4%)	11(=)
2020-04-25	78(+6.8%)	11(=)
2020-04-26	80(+2.6%)	11(=)
2020-04-27	80(=)	11(=)
2020-04-28	80(=)	11(=)
2020-04-29	80(=)	11(=)
2020-04-30	81(+1.2%)	11(=)
2020-05-01	82(+1.2%)	11(=)
2020-05-02	83(+1.2%)	11(=)
2020-05-03	83(=)	11(=)
2020-05-04	84(+1.2%)	11(=)
2020-05-05	89(+6%)	11(=)
2020-05-06	92(+3.4%)	11(=)
2020-05-07	92(=)	11(=)
2020-05-08	92(=)	11(=)
2020-05-09	92(=)	11(=)
2020-05-10	92(=)	11(=)
2020-05-11	93(+1.1%)	11(=)
2020-05-12	93(=)	11(=)
2020-05-13	93(=)	11(=)
2020-05-14	96(+3.2%)	11(=)
2020-05-15	96(=)	11(=)
2020-05-16	96(=)	11(=)
2020-05-17	96(=)	11(=)
2020-05-18	96(=)	11(=)
2020-05-19	96(=)	11(=)
2020-05-20	97(+1%)	11(=)
2020-05-21	97(=)	11(=)
2020-05-22	97(=)	11(=)
2020-05-23	100(+3.1%)	11(=)
2020-05-24	100(=)	11(=)
2020-05-25	100(=)	11(=)
2020-05-26	100(=)	11(=)
2020-05-27	100(=)	11(=)
2020-05-28	101(+1%)	11(=)
2020-05-29	102(+0.99%)	11(=)
2020-05-30	102(=)	11(=)
2020-05-31	102(=)	11(=)
2020-06-01	102(=)	11(=)
2020-06-02	102(=)	11(=)
2020-06-03	102(=)	11(=)
2020-06-04	102(=)	11(=)
2020-06-05	103(+0.98%)	11(=)
2020-06-06	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-07	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-08	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-09	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-10	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-11	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-12	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-13	103(=)	11(=)
2020-06-14	104(+0.97%)	11(=)
2020-06-15	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-16	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-17	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-18	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-19	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-20	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-21	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-22	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-23	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-24	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-25	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-26	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-27	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-28	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-29	104(=)	11(=)
2020-06-30	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-01	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-02	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-03	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-04	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-05	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-06	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-07	104(=)	11(=)
2020-07-08	106(+1.9%)	11(=)
2020-07-09	107(+0.94%)	11(=)
2020-07-10	108(+0.93%)	11(=)
2020-07-11	111(+2.8%)	11(=)
2020-07-12	111(=)	11(=)
2020-07-13	113(+1.8%)	11(=)
2020-07-14	116(+2.7%)	11(=)
2020-07-15	119(+2.6%)	11(=)
2020-07-16	124(+4.2%)	11(=)
2020-07-17	129(+4%)	11(=)
2020-07-18	138(+7%)	11(=)
2020-07-19	153(+11%)	11(=)
2020-07-20	174(+14%)	11(=)
2020-07-21	184(+5.7%)	11(=)
2020-07-22	219(+19%)	11(=)
2020-07-23	274(+25%)	11(=)
2020-07-24	316(+15%)	11(=)
2020-07-25	326(+3.2%)	11(=)
2020-07-26	342(+4.9%)	11(=)
2020-07-27	382(+12%)	11(=)
2020-07-28	447(+17%)	11(=)
2020-07-29	484(+8.3%)	11(=)
2020-07-30	508(+5%)	14(+27%)
2020-07-31	574(+13%)	14(=)
2020-08-01	601(+4.7%)	14(=)
2020-08-02	648(+7.8%)	14(=)
2020-08-03	679(+4.8%)	14(=)
2020-08-04	715(+5.3%)	14(=)
2020-08-05	751(+5%)	14(=)
2020-08-06	761(+1.3%)	14(=)
2020-08-07	830(+9.1%)	14(=)
2020-08-08	878(+5.8%)	15(+7.1%)
2020-08-09	898(+2.3%)	15(=)
2020-08-10	945(+5.2%)	15(=)
2020-08-11	989(+4.7%)	15(=)
2020-08-12	1,036(+4.8%)	15(=)
2020-08-13	1,089(+5.1%)	15(=)
2020-08-14	1,119(+2.8%)	15(=)
2020-08-15	1,252(+12%)	15(=)
2020-08-16	1,315(+5%)	18(+20%)
2020-08-17	1,329(+1.1%)	19(+5.6%)
2020-08-18	1,424(+7.1%)	20(+5.3%)
2020-08-19	1,531(+7.5%)	22(+10%)
2020-08-20	1,610(+5.2%)	23(+4.5%)
2020-08-21	1,703(+5.8%)	27(+17%)
2020-08-22	1,765(+3.6%)	29(+7.4%)
2020-08-23	1,784(+1.1%)	44(+52%)
2020-08-24	1,798(+0.78%)	46(+4.5%)
2020-08-25	1,813(+0.83%)	48(+4.3%)
2020-08-26	1,923(+6.1%)	48(=)
2020-08-27	2,020(+5%)	50(+4.2%)
2020-08-28	2,057(+1.8%)	50(=)
2020-08-29	2,135(+3.8%)	53(+6%)
2020-08-30	2,167(+1.5%)	56(+5.7%)
2020-08-31	2,217(+2.3%)	57(+1.8%)
2020-09-01	2,276(+2.7%)	60(+5.3%)
2020-09-02	2,337(+2.7%)	61(+1.7%)
2020-09-03	2,389(+2.2%)	63(+3.3%)
2020-09-04	2,476(+3.6%)	70(+11%)
2020-09-05	2,506(+1.2%)	71(+1.4%)
2020-09-06	2,546(+1.6%)	73(+2.8%)
2020-09-07	2,585(+1.5%)	73(=)
2020-09-08	2,659(+2.9%)	73(=)
2020-09-09	2,721(+2.3%)	73(=)
2020-09-10	2,814(+3.4%)	76(+4.1%)
2020-09-11	2,874(+2.1%)	77(+1.3%)
2020-09-12	2,928(+1.9%)	77(=)
2020-09-13	2,974(+1.6%)	77(=)
2020-09-14	3,008(+1.1%)	78(+1.3%)
2020-09-15	3,032(+0.8%)	80(+2.6%)
2020-09-16	3,087(+1.8%)	81(+1.2%)
⋮
2020-09-25	3,177(n.a.)	86(n.a.)
⋮
2020-09-30	4,022(n.a.)	95(n.a.)
⋮
2020-10-11	5,078(n.a.)	107(n.a.)
⋮
2020-10-21	6,051(n.a.)	127(n.a.)
⋮
2020-10-31	6,714(n.a.)	144(n.a.)
⋮
2020-11-08	6,984(n.a.)	154(n.a.)
⋮
2020-11-15	7,186(n.a.)	156(n.a.)
⋮
2020-11-22	7,413(n.a.)	163(n.a.)
⋮
2021-03-23	8,953(n.a.)	188(n.a.)
⋮	8,953(=)	188(=)
2021-04-8	9,364(+4.6%)	189(+0.53%)
Source: ^[10]

March 2020[]

On March 15, Acting Minister of Health Jeffrey Lloyd announced the first confirmed case, a 61-year-old female.^[1]

On March 20, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced a 9pm to 5am curfew, restrictions on private gatherings, and closure of most in-person businesses, with limited hours for food stores and farmers' markets, pharmacies, gas stations, laundromats, banks, construction, and restaurants (limited to take-out only). Essential workers for the government, utilities, and media were exempted, as were health care providers and suppliers. The airport remained open, but only essential travel was allowed on public buses.^[11]

April 2020[]

On 5 April, the Queen of the Bahamas addressed the Commonwealth in a televised broadcast, in which she asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return". She added, "we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again".^[12]

On April 19, the prime minister announced that wearing a mask or covering one's face with clothing is mandatory in public. Employers must provide their employees who are serving the general public with masks.^[13]

May 2020[]

On May 21, authorities are maintaining various restrictions across the islands in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. A daily 24-hour curfew on weekdays and weekend lockdowns are from 2100 on Fridays to 0500 on Mondays. The island of Bimini is under complete lockdown at least through May 30. Under the 24 hour curfew, the residents can only leave their homes for essential purposes or for an emergency.^[14]

Cases by islands[]


Islands	Cases^[15]	Deaths	References
Abaco	321
Acklins	7
Andros	52
Berry Islands	58
Bimini & Cat Cay	123
Black Point	5		^[16]
Cat Island	9
Crooked Island	6
Eleuthera	204
Exuma	122
Grand Bahama	1,506
Inagua	19
Long Island	11
Mayaguana	3
Moore's Island	10		^[17]
New Providence	6,535
San Salvador	10
Locations Pending	371
Totals	9,364	189
Last update 11 April 2021

Statistics[]

New cases and deaths per day[]

Recoveries per day[]

Active cases per day[]

Chronology of the number of active cases in the Bahamas

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "61-Year-Old Woman Is The First Confirmed Case Of Covid-19 In The Bahamas". The Tribune. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d @OurNewsRev (7 November 2020). "20 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED TODAY" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 November 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "Coronavirus disease 2019". World Health Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "WHO | Novel Coronavirus – China". World Health Organization. 12 January 2020.
^ "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". World Health Organization. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020.
^ "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020.
^ "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "News and Press Release". GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Updated: Pm Puts Nation In Lockdown, Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Now Stand At Four
^ "Coronavirus: The Queen's broadcast in full". BBC News. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Bahamas PM's National Press Conference: Update on COVID-19 Response". Eleutheran Newspaper. 19 April 2020.
^ "COVID-19 Alert: Bahamas Maintains Curfew & Port Closures as of May 21". WorldAware. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Home - Ministry of Health". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Bahamas News Ma Bey". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Ten (10) Additional Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Update #121 - Government - News". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[tribune-15march-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "61-Year-Old Woman Is The First Confirmed Case Of Covid-19 In The Bahamas". The Tribune. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[current-cases-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d @OurNewsRev (7 November 2020). "20 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED TODAY" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 November 2020 – via Twitter.

[3] "Coronavirus disease 2019". World Health Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[4] "WHO | Novel Coronavirus – China". World Health Organization. 12 January 2020.

[5] "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". World Health Organization. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020.

[6] "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020.

[7] "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[Imperial13March2020-8] "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[WFSA-9] "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[10] "News and Press Release". GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[11] Updated: Pm Puts Nation In Lockdown, Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Now Stand At Four

[12] "Coronavirus: The Queen's broadcast in full". BBC News. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[bs200419-13] "Bahamas PM's National Press Conference: Update on COVID-19 Response". Eleutheran Newspaper. 19 April 2020.

[14] "COVID-19 Alert: Bahamas Maintains Curfew & Port Closures as of May 21". WorldAware. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[15] "Home - Ministry of Health". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[16] "Bahamas News Ma Bey". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[17] "Ten (10) Additional Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Update #121 - Government - News". www.bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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