COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas was a 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 pandemic in The Bahamas
Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas (as of 23 March 2021^[update])   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^[1]
Arrival date	15 March 2020 (3 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases	38,084^[2]
Deaths	844^[2]
Fatality rate	2.22%
Government website
Government of The Bahamas - Ministry of Health Government of The Bahamas- COVID-19 page

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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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%)
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2020-09-25			3,177(n.a.)	86(n.a.)
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2020-09-30			4,022(n.a.)	95(n.a.)
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2020-10-11			5,078(n.a.)	107(n.a.)
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2020-10-21			6,051(n.a.)	127(n.a.)
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2020-10-31			6,714(n.a.)	144(n.a.)
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2020-11-08			6,984(n.a.)	154(n.a.)
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2020-11-15			7,186(n.a.)	156(n.a.)
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2020-11-22			7,413(n.a.)	163(n.a.)
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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]

 

Cases

 

Deaths

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	659
Acklins	28
Andros	293
Berry Islands	111
Bimini & Cat Cay	238
		^[16]
Cat Island	99
Crooked Island	33
Eleuthera	711
Exuma	366
Grand Bahama	2,632
Inagua	61
Long Island	114
Mayaguana	21
		^[17]
New Providence
San Salvador	16
Locations Pending
Totals	23,380
Last update 22 December,^[18] 2021

Statistics

New cases and deaths per day

Active cases per day

Chronology of the number of active cases in the Bahamas

See also

• Caribbean Public Health Agency
• COVID-19 pandemic in North America
• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

References

1. "61-Year-Old Woman Is The First Confirmed Case Of Covid-19 In The Bahamas". The Tribune. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
3. "Coronavirus disease 2019". World Health Organization. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
4. . World Health Organization. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 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. 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.
8. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. 13 March 2020. from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
9. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists. 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.
13. "Bahamas PM's National Press Conference: Update on COVID-19 Response". Eleutheran Newspaper. 19 April 2020.
14. . WorldAware. 21 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 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.
18. https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/e0fb15f4-4550-4ea9-a945-019fd8b71598/Update+%23636+-+Ministry+of+Health+%26+Wellness+-+COVID-19+Report++%28140%29.pdf?MOD=AJPERES^{[bare URL PDF]}