17 COVID-19 patients currently in hospital
(CNS): The daily positive COVID-19 results reported on Thursday fell again to a new low of just 45 cases, or 6.4% of the batch 697 PCR tests conducted on Wednesday. But the number of people in hospital has increased to 17 patients after falling to 14 admissions at the beginning of the week.
Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported that all of the positive cases reported today were in the community, with no positive travellers, bringing the active case total to 3,491. There were no new cases on the Sister Islands and there are just eight people currently infected on Cayman Brac.
As at 8am on Wednesday, the total number of cases recorded since the start of the pandemic was 7,839.
Over the last 24 hours another 71 people were vaccinated for the first time against COVID-19, 147 received a second dose and 458 people got boosters. 82% of the estimated population of 71,106 has now had at least one dose, while 56,486 people (79%) have had two and 13,324 people (18%) have had the third shot.
As he closed the adjournment debate in Parliament late Thursday evening, Premier Wayne Panton urged everyone to get vaccinated if they weren’t already and for everyone who is eligible to get the booster.
All adults are now invited to get a third shot and the gap between the second dose and a booster has been shortened to three months, and Panton said the vaccination remained the best protection Cayman has against people getting sick during this high level of community spread and the potential arrival of the Omicron variant.
He noted that Cayman has had “an incredible amount of community transmission” and many people have had COVID-19, but the community was protected by the extremely high vaccination rate. “We ought to be thankful that people have responded so well,” he said.
But he warned that Omicron was causing concern and while there was still a lot to learn, it appears to very transmissible. “But the booster shot is a great way for us to address this issue,” he said, adding that this was why access to the booster was being widened.
“If this variant has the potential to spread like Delta did… we have something to be concerned about and this is the best way to address that threat,” the premier said as he wished the country a Merry Christmas.
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How can an unvaxed person be a danger to someone who’s protected with the vaccine?
What’s the vaccine do if it doesn’t protect you from someone who hasn’t had the vaccine?
If the vaccine doesn’t protect the vaccinated, why should the unvaccinated take it? lol. Scam.
Are you really that ignorant or just a troll?
Most stupid comment and question I have ever read on CNS.
Anyone care to actually answer the simple question since you say it’s so obvious?
Anyone …….
I hope you know vax doesnt prevent infection but it protects from severe illness. But in some cases if dose of infection is high can end up severe illness even in vaxed.cheers
So no difference, just like the paper masks
So why is 3 doses and a booster required?
Let tourists enjoy as we do in Miami.
No use of lfts at this stage.
As per data Omicron is more transmissible than delta meaning more infectious but not as virulent as delta meaning not causing serious illness.
We need not know it is delta or omicron. We should take prev measures of vaccination plus which we all know.
With so much local transmission lfts for visitors is meaningless and it is a harassment. One or two positive visitors mean nothing with so much local transmission. Yes quarantining and testing was ok when we didnt have local transmission.
Duh? That’s what I said “educate”. Obviously you need some too. I spoke to a nurse and she said one of the most frustrating things is government only saying vaccines. I’m vaccinated and not against vaccines. I’m just saying to educate the people about symptoms to be aware of when you need to go to the hospital. Since we are getting people hospitalized and dying. Educate them on some things you can do to fight Covid if you get it.
cayman is unique…huge vaccination rate and huge amount of community transmission. this is the end game for the virus as long as at risk people keep getting boosted.
we are very near herd immunity but the very old, very sick and some stupid unvaxxed people …will still be at risk from the virus.
nothing more to be said. time to move on.
You are so ignorant. This is not the end of the virus, the world over could tell you that.
Agreed. There are reports of new mutations across the world, and relying on vaccines alone without social distancing, capacity limits, proper masks, and good hygiene only worseNs the pandemic. This poster ascribes to the herd immunity fantasy, which relies on the “culling of the herd” which is draconian and evil.
How many deaths from Covid among the vaccinated population? Still zero? Life cannot stop because of the unvaxxed.
Just because that hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean it’s not possible, as many vaccinated people have died from Covid worldwide. The position you take here is unfounded in science. Cayman isnt a unicorn.
Which vaccinated people have died from Covid (as opposed to underlying conditions), exactly?
But are any of the 17 vaccinated (boosted I mean). If everyone gets there booster by next week, and we should all be on boosters as we have had vaccines for almost a year here, then we should be able to avoid any healthy vaccinated in hospital, which is the aim.
Some people seem to have forgotten that it only took 1 infected traveler in early September to cause the current Delta wave and resultant deaths and disruption. It will only take one person bringing in Omicron to trigger the next wave.
Exactly. Wayne, the best defense against Omicron is not to let it it. But we are doing so. Why is that? How many room nights are the hotels actually getting in exchange for the community risking lock downs, ultimately tens of deaths, and massive disruption to the lives and livelihoods of thousands?
You cannot keep it out. It is impossible. It’s not reasonable, economically or for people’s mental health, to lock down when there is no chance of any such policies keeping Omicron out and it is likely already here. People need to take self responsibility – avoid crowded places, social distance etc., and isolate as much as possible (ie. go to work, go home, minimise shopping trips, avoid parties and busy bars) if you have not yet had your booster.
It’s not the room nights you need to be worried about. It’s the locals who travel and then upon return go visiting, go out to the clubs, to the domino games, nursing homes etc. Put the blame where it belongs and not on the tourists laying on the beach.
omicron is likely here and if not, soon will be…you can’t hide from it.
Boy, these people never learn. It’s as if they live for Covid to mutate and thrive. Always living in imagined fear with no sense of reality.
Yeah. Let’s ignore the deaths here and the millions globally.
Funny how road deaths don’t count. 9 road. 7 (really 1) Covid this year. Now extrapolate our experience world wide. Again, Covid is real. But it is not the end of the world!
9 road accidents, but only 1 fatality was wearing a seat belt (so really 1).
who said COVID was the “end of the world”?
Seems like you are imagining things in your fear so bad you’re left with only option, stick you’re head in the sand, then you will be safe like an Ostrich.
Just take a breath and calm down.
COVID 19 is most dangerous to the infirm, elderly and the stupid.
I’m sorry mate, but you are in a high risk group, as you’re part of the later, and stupidity is very much a pre-existing condition
Pot meet kettle.
You could if we still had quarantine.
You mean the one everyone breeches?
no one healthy, vaccinated under 70 has died or will die from this.
get vaccinated.
Yes they have. You are not keeping up my dear
Total BS for starters. Covid has killed fully vaccinated people who were previously healthy and under 70.
Not everyone over 70 is expendable. Guess you have no extended family here then.
In my view people with your attitude is expendable or at least ought to be deported if only being an A-hole was an offense for which deportation was available.
This is what society has become. People who lack empathy for others and consider the loss of lives that don’t affect them as the cost of doing business. Truly depraved.
Who, exactly?
OMG. The Donald Trump plan. Test less then you get less cases.
You want to know whats coming down the pipe?
1. Michigan – https://us.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/hospital-covid-19-deaths-michigan/index.html
2. US Cases – https://www.google.com/search?channel=tus5&client=firefox-b-1-d&q=US+Covid+cases
So just 2 short week ago cases were sitting at 72k and now Dec 10th its 118k. Deaths Nov 26th 7 day avg 813 and Dec 10th its up to 1,295. Cases increased 63.9% deaths 59.3%$ and the deaths % will increase because deaths usually follow cases increases by 1-2 wks as people become more sick and die.
I say all that to say this lull we are seeing won’t hold. The amount of people coming to us with Covid won’t hold. All will increase. Our temperature is getting cooler and we will spike also.
I am just saying DO NOT GET COMPLACENT. DO NOT ACT LIKE THIS IS OVER.
We are about to celebrate Christmas and New Years with parties and family gatherings. Please wear mask, sanitize and social distance. This is by far and away the most dangerous time for mass infections.
You’ll be getting the Trump vax for life. Probably every 3 months.
Apparently not in Florida.
How do you think the people here got it in the first place? Covid just developed here like the Virgin Mary having Jesus? No, it came from a traveler.
What government needs to be doing is educating people about when they need to go to the hospital. Maybe some of those people wouldn’t have died. If you wait too late, all of those fancy treatments won’t work. Vaccine is not the only answer to keeping people alive.
But now it’s here learning to live with it by being a responsible citizen is. Get boosted, mask up, social distance, wash hands, etc. Get it?
pnademic of the unvaxxed. bring in vax passport to protect them and preserve our healthservice.
Think about all the times in history, in which people’s freedoms were truncated to “protect” them. Yeah. That’s right. But somehow, people like you think it’s the answer, to save people from themselves by persecuting them.
Great plan. I wonder… … do you own or plan to purchase a riding crop?
Since they’re seeing that very few travelers are testing positive, hopefully they’ll soon do away with the after-arrival testing. Definitely keep the pre-travel testing though!
I agree. Hear lots testing pre departure (England/Scotland/Spain/France/USA) so delaying/cancelling trips.
9:09 pm. Not sure what’s your point. Are you saying that pretravel, in the country of origin, testing should be done away with? That’s nonsense. I think the arrival testing on our side, although an extra precaution (because we know there can be doubt of the legitimacy of many of these countries “testing”) is a waste of resources, once the test from the travelers country of origin can be verified. Otherwise test again on entry if there is doubt of legitimacy or timeframe etc.. At full expense to the traveler (both vax and unvax).
You do realize unvaxed persons cannot travel?
Not true. They absolutely can.
Only Caymanians who are unvaxxed can return with quarantine. Or children
Have fun in Kingston.
Really. To where?
Some people want to watch the world burn
10:07, can you even read? 🤦🏻♀️ It clearly says do away with after-arrival testing…..ie the multiple lateral flow tests we expect people to take on island. It also clearly says, keep the pre-travel testing….ie the PCR taken before flying to Cayman.