COVID hospital cases increase as official numbers fall
(CNS): Public Health officials said that the number of hospital admissions and patients needing treatment for COVID-19 shows that the decline in detected cases is leading to an underestimate of the true incidence of the coronavirus in the local population. The number of reported cases is falling as testing declines, distorting the true picture. Genomic sequencing of the data that health officials have been able to collect shows a drop in the proportion of BA.2 Omicron variant samples and an increase in BA.5, BA.4 and BE.1 variants.
BA.5 is causing an increase in cases around the world and is thought to lead to more hospitalisations and admissions to the ICU. However, it is not yet known whether the BA.2.75 sub-variant of Omicron which has been reported in 15 countries to date is associated with more severe outcomes.
Here in the Cayman Islands, according to the latest official numbers, there were 97 new cases reported on Wednesday (27 July) and there are an estimated 759 active cases of COVID-19. Eleven people who are COVID-positive are in hospital.
According to the weekly Public Health Spotlight covering the week of 17-23 July, 15 people were treated in hospital for COVID-19 during that period, a 25% increase from the previous week. Official testing also continued to decline last week as people opted out of PCR testing. This has led to a drop in the accessibility of free PCR tests to the general public as the HSA is now only offering free drive-through testing three days per week. Just 323 new cases were officially reported to Public Health last week and test numbers fell overall by 18%.
Public Health also confirmed that while WHO has declared monkeypox a public health emergency there are still no confirmed or suspected cases in the Cayman Islands.
COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital
COVID-19 inpatients
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Not long ago there were people posting ‘this was a disease of the unvaccinated’ even Biden said that. He also said ‘get vaccinated and you won’t get covid’. Now people are saying if you are vaccinated you have less chance of dying, but the chances were small to begin with. In the meantime the news reports pfizer executives buying up luxury properties with the excessive profit made. Is it really any wonder why people do not trust governments?
the fat Orange one stated that Covid would be over by Easter 2020.
Lol
You people and your obsession with Trump. He’s not been the president for how long? Get over it!
So all of 3 people admitted for covid. 3. How can a medical system capable of treating 30 times that number possibly cope as cases are flattening off.
“Eleven people who are COVID-positive are in hospital.
According to the weekly Public Health Spotlight covering the week of 17-23 July, 15 people were treated in hospital for COVID-19 during that period, a 25% increase from the previous week.”
3 new admissions for covid, the other new admissions were in for something else and happened to test positive. The data are pretty clearly set out, so you are either trying to mislead or just plain dumb.
It’s time to close Travel Cayman.
Welcome to August 2022. An unvaccinated person (or person who has taken a vaccine not on the approved list) arriving by air will be sent to the Travel Cayman desk at the airport. They will be issued the GPS bands and a telephone and given instructions on their use. Then at their own expense they will be required to take a taxi to the approved designated quarantine location. I have no doubt the quarantined person will be visited multiple times during the 7 days in addition to the daily wellness calls.
I am vaccinated and double boosted and got the bug. Thousands of people a week descend on George Town a week, who really knows (or cares) what their vaccination status is.
The port is crying for staff. It takes weeks if not months to get a work permit approved, it takes months to get anything done at planning. It’s time to wind up this charade and shift the human capital to more worthwhile endeavours.
said it before… no-one in cayman who is relatively healthy, under 70, who is vaxxed, will die from covid.
You must be a horror to live with.
Consistentcy excellence. Do you copy and paste this nonsense, or do you enjoy the repetitive brain diarhea?
Said it before…..people with double digit IQ will continue to repeat the same thing over and over even if it is not factual or supported by evidence in an attempt to convince themselves.
No mention this time of who’s vaccinated and who isn’t. Is it because everyone hospitalised is vaccinated?
CNS: I’ve added the charts.
And the demographic? So much is hidden that would paint the proper picture of vaccine effectiveness. Why is this not published?
Because it will prove that everything governments said is wrong.
Agreed, if you feel ill then stay home: personal responsibility is key.
Furthermore, Cayman needs to totally re-open; drop all quarantine and testing requirements. While some persons have serious adverse consequences from CVID-19, for the vast majority of persons the outcomes are relatively minor to non-existent. It is time to get past all the restrictions.
Personal responsibility, 1:49?
This would mean that everyone is only responsible for their own safety. Every man for himself?
If I feel ill I will certainly try to get more rest, and if I feel bad enough, I may even stay home; may even stay in bed. But if I feel lousy but feel that I can work, I will go about my normal day, no restrictions, mask-less of course, and I will make my usual contacts. I will do so because I am past all restrictions, as it is every man for himself with no collective responsibility. I hope that works for you.
Plague Rat!
What do you expect when you remove all rules. I guess CITA is happy but this may not end well.
I am certain all of us know of at least 1, possibly more with Covid, carrying on without a care.
Working, shopping, dining, drinking and dancing.
In all the places I have been, I cannot recall a population with this level of cognitive dissonance and selfishness.
If this is how we are to deal with ongoing Covid waves, Monkeypox, other viruses sure to come and climate change, we deserve whatever fate comes.
no1 cares. more people die on Cayman’s roads a year. move on.
Stop for a moment and think.
What does it say about a person here who knowingly has Covid, yet carries on as if well in bars, restuarants, grocery and hardware stores, and the workplace wearing no mask and not socially distancing, knowing full well that there is a legitimate possibility that their actions could send another human being to the hospital or worse?
CDC. As of July 28, nearly 88% of US population is in a location w/ a medium or high #COVID19 Community Level. If you live in a medium or high community level, consider taking steps to protect yourself & others, like masking.
If you are feeling unwell, please stay home. Don’t go to the gym, to work, or grocery store. BA.5 doesn’t necessarily present as a positive LFT. Most of us will be fine, if the ethos is to consider others.
Simple and reasonable advice. Well said.
So true. A family member tested negative for 3 days while symptomatic. They stayed at home.
Why anyone would downvote this? Being reasonable and courteous keeps everyone safe and the economy going.
Who knows? The advice is the same whether you have the ‘rona, mumps, beri-beri, or a head cold. Acting like a normal responsible person is not as popular as it used to be.
I know of dozens of people with Covid here who are out and about daily and nightly, with nary a single concern about the health and safety of anyone.
Removal of mandates led us here and emboldened these people.
Insane.
@12:52:
You need only to take a drive around the island and see the way far-too-many people drive. Your warm and fuzzy concept of our collective society being “reasonable and courteous” is akin to believing in the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.
Imagine removing all traffic restrictions and relying on people being “reasonable and courteous”: no speed limits, no stop signs, no traffic lights, no restrictions on traffic direction, no driver’s testing needed. We will just rely on people being “reasonable and courteous” and keeping themselves in check.
Sure, remove all Covid restrictions. What can possibly go wrong?
An excellent comparison.
Every single day, there are hundreds of drivers breaking the speed limits, overtaking, not indicating, driving distracted and/or under the influence. on the roads here. If there were such a thing as personal responsibility here, this would be the indicator.
One cannot trust other drivers now. What makes anyone with common sense think those with Covid will do the right thing?
So much for Caymankind.