Latest COVID-19 samples all negative
(CNS): There have been no positive cases of COVID-19 since Friday, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported Monday. The laboratories have processed 461 more samples, all of which were negative for COVID-19, as Cayman emerged from the shelter-in-place orders. While 20,831 tests have now been carried out, Dr Lee told CNS that, as of 20 June, 18,147 individuals people had been tested.
The difference between the two numbers is because some healthcare workers and other emergency and front-line staff have been tested on several occasions. But there are an estimated 59,000 people living in the Cayman Islands, the test numbers represent around 32% of the entire population of the Cayman Islands and almost half of the current workforce.
Cayman’s positive tally remains at 195 but 146 people have recovered. There are now 48 active cases, all of which are asymptomatic and the one person who had been hospitalized has now recovered. Meanwhile, 349 people remain either in self-isolation at home or in government quarantine.
Cayman has now moved down to Suppression Level 2 but testing will continue as the aim is to try and eliminate the virus as far as possible and continue to contain what has so far been a relatively limited spread.
More details about what happens next for Cayman and further test results are expected at Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing on CIGTV.
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Can anyone explain the logic for mandatory quarantine of returning Caymanians, while people who actually test positive are allowed to self-isolate at home?!?
It is actually legal to lock people in a hotel for 16-19 days? What happens if you decide to leave?
12.45pm Why only returning Caymanians?, quarantine applies to all returnees.
Easier to justify it with expats: they can choose to stay in their home country if they don’t want to be stuck in the Govt jail. Returning Caymanians don’t have that option.
Alden’s difficult and unpopular decisions have brought us to this point.
Thank you everyone who has helped and cooperated with the safety protocols, which must continue.
Continue, until when, the end of time?
stop the drama
Blah,blah,blah – hundreds of tests no positives. Blah, blah, blah, hundreds of tests and a handful of asymptomatic positives. Blah, blah, blah – let us take this opportunity to thank Dr. Lee and let him resume his normal duties that do not require him to be in the press nearly on a daily basis.
And may we all pray for the Governor who has the ultimate say in opening up our borders. Pictures of him lately seem to have him looking like he is overwhelmed and is losing weight. Get some rest Guvna and eat some good heavy, local food.
I remain,
Mo$e$ – Trump Wannabe
Another boring comment. You need some rest, but the heavy local food will make you sluggish this time of year. Try some fish fry and roast breadfruit with a little plantain, but leave the rice and beans for another time. And no cassava cake – eat a nice mango instead.
4.30am The Guv does look wan, but don’t perpetuate this Cayman myth that the Governor and Commissioner of Police make major policy decisions. Curfews, quarantine, lockdown, school closures, border opening, when you can get your haircut etc etc,. are all controlled by our Lord High Premier.This is all part of the self government mandate laid down by the British Foreign Office.
Not sure if my previous comment went through. but it was this – how come the hospitalized person, having being announced on 12 June as being so ill they needed hospitalization, is out by June 22, when a BA passenger spends more than 14 days in isolation even if they have no symptoms at all? This guy was sick enough on 12 June to be admitted, and 10 days later is out on the street, having had 2 negative results in the meantime? Pull the other one, it has bells on it. poor sod got admitted because government was alarmed that people were taking things too lightly, or there is an inconsistent application of the negative results rule , or they are letting admitted people home to self isolate. Not sure which of these is the worst, frankly, but none of them sits well.
If you don’t understand the reasoning, you’re beyond reasoning with. Go watch Fox News and everything will be fine.
Yay!