Patient died of long-COVID, say officials

| 31/03/2022 | 24 Comments

(CNS): Public Health officials have said they believe that the last person to die as a result of complications relating to SARS-CoV2 was suffering from the condition known as long-COVID. No details of when the patient first acquired the disease or what particular complications they endured were revealed, but in the latest situation report about the status of the virus last week, officials said that “the death might be attributed to long COVID-19”.

To date, 25 people with COVID-10 have died in Cayman.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 is continuing to infect people in the community. As of Wednesday morning, there were an estimated 533 active cases of the virus in the Cayman Islands, with just two unvaccinated people currently in hospital as a result of the disease.

While the seven-day rolling average for 30 March was stable at 39, over the last three days more than 120 people officially reported testing positive for the virus.

According to the figures released for last week (20 to 26 March), there were a total of 266 new cases of COVID-19 reported by Public Health, an increase of 59 over the previous week. However, fewer tests were conducted, indicating that the numbers are likely to be higher.

To date, there have been just under 21,000 cases of the virus in the Cayman Islands, 656 of them in the Sister Islands.

Despite the increase in infections last week, the pressure on the local health services remains low in relation to people suffering severe illness from COVID-19, as just seven patients passed through the hospital last week.

The overall vaccination rate also remains high, with 94% of the population aged over 5 years old having had at least one dose but only around 40% of adults have had a booster shot.

See the full situational report in the CNS Library.


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  1. Caymanian says:

    This is UTTER RUBBISH!!@

    Quote 1 source. Just reputable source.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/9191880002

  2. Anonymous says:

    Can we get the age of this person? While I do not wish death on anyone, I would love a chance to shut the idiot that always starts his Covid comment ” as I said before……”

  3. Bert says:

    7 in hospital in a whole week and this case “might” be long covid. Come on guys, this is now no different than normal flu.

    • Caymanian says:

      Can I ask you a serious NO BS questions and lets see if you can give an honest answer.

      1. When was the last time you heard of someone IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS dying of the Flu?

      2. Has the Cayman Islands in a 10 year spand have 25 people die of the FLU?

      I am waiting. I am 100% sure I get a BS answer or silly non answer.

      You want this to be “just like the flu” so much and IT IS NOT. Covid has a 10 time higher mortality rate than the flu and is far more virulent.

      • Caymanian says:

        In 2019 we had a total of 6,474 flu cases. 2020 onward is going to be a mess because this is when Covid started.

        We are sitting at 20,000 REPORTED Covid cases.

        I have googled the crap out of the flu and Cayman Islands and outside H1N1 or Swine Flu I cannot find a “flu” death. There was only 1 of each with the prior.

        My fine point is your statement is a pile of crap. While Covid is not the plague or Ebola it needs to be taken seriously and this whole “It’s the flu” crap (I really want to say another word start with s and ending with t), it needs to stop.

        There are 25 families out there who lost a love one. Do not minimize their death by simply throwing them in the unvaccinated basket so you can continue to belittle the disease.

        Trust me, I am vaxxed and I made sure all my family was BUT belittling Covid only makes us have less respect and if this should mutate again into a worse variant, your statements along with our governments WRECK-LESS disregard for what might come will COST LIVES and it may not matter if you are vaccinated or not.

        Keep in mind, when you get vaccinated, it’s not for life. In 6 months your immunity will be almost 0.

      • Anonymous says:

        lots of elderly/sick people die from a respiratory infection.
        a common cold can kill elderly/sick people if their bodies cannot fight the infection any longer.

  4. Anonymous says:

    Get vaccinated and don’t go to indoor events that involve alcohol. They are the super spreaders.

    • Anonymous says:

      Get vaccinated and don’t got to church. This is the origin of most spread.

    • Bert says:

      Get vaccinated, live live, the unvaccinated are not your problem.

      • Caymanian says:

        Yes. The unvaccinated spread the virus more readily than vaccinated and being vaccinated does not mean you cannot catch covid and spread it to love ones.

        Stop being a twat

        • Anonymous says:

          In most countries it’s the vaccinated that get infected at the highest rates with Omicron, even vaccinated kids have higher infection rates in several countries.

  5. Anonymous says:

    Longer than the rest of the word covid.

    Those vaccines are doing well

  6. Anonymous says:

    Public Health order defiance also at new lowest standard since this began. Either ticket or remove the orders. Pick one.

  7. Anonymous says:

    The NY Times is reporting that the decision to offer the second booster to those 50+ was based on an analysis that shows that doing so will save thousands of lives among older people and immune compromised people with declining immunity.

    The reason given for not offering the second booster in Cayman was an genome sequencing experiment. Personally I have more faith in those motivated by saving lives rather than running experiments.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/politics/biden-second-booster-shot-older-americans.html

    • Anonymous says:

      It’s all about the money now.

      • Anonymous says:

        I would pay to get a booster.

        Bermuda has started their 2nd booster, for free & like the other BODT have been given the same supplies. Why are we dragging our feet over everything (except cruise ships!!).

    • Anonymous says:

      caymanian genetics….a deep dark secret…..don’t do the research!

    • Anonymous says:

      I’m not sure why you are referencing the U.S. We have been very fortunate to receive vaccines from the UK. The UK will begin giving 2nd boosters to those over the age of 75 this spring. I hope that option will also be available to our seniors.

      • Anonymous says:

        The UK started administering second boosters in February. It is also being administered in other OTs. Someone does not want local residents having the benefit of the second booster. Maybe we are the control guinea pigs so that an experiment can be conducted on how many more get sick without the second vaccine.

    • Anonymous says:

      If you believe the New York Times and the government want to save lives, you are crazy.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Get vaccinated.

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