COVID-19 claims another severely ill patient
(CNS): Public Health officials have confirmed another COVID-related death in the Sister Islands on Friday, 30 September. The patient, who had severe comorbidities, was the fifth person to die last month where COVID-19 was a factor, making September the deadliest month for the coronavirus here since the pandemic began. The individual had received two doses of the vaccine as well as a booster.
While Public Health noted that the patient was suffering from other medical problems, no details of those conditions or the age of the patient were released. The virus has now claimed 34 lives in the Cayman Islands since March 2020.
The government has stopped reporting any statistics relating to infection levels of COVID-19 in the community, largely because people have stopped getting official PCR tests since the requirement to do this was dropped, despite a mandate to report positive cases.
Instead, the Public Health Department now informs the public of all deaths relating to COVID and is issuing a monthly update on hospitalisations and vaccine numbers. Publishing PCR-positive test numbers no longer gives an accurate reflection of the real level of infection, officials say.
But even without official case numbers and no indication for several weeks as to how many COVID-positive patients are in the hospital, the community is well aware of the persistence of the virus due to the number of friends and family who are infected.
Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton again stressed the importance of the vaccination and the booster doses, especially among the elderly and immunocompromised.
“It is imperative that we continue to use all the resources at our disposal to protect ourselves and our loved ones from severe illness and death from COVID-19, and our best resource continues to be the vaccine,” she said. “Research has shown us that the two doses of the vaccination in conjunction with the recommended booster doses will keep people out of the hospital, so I stress once again: get vaccinated and boosted.”
CNS has requested the latest information from the PHD relating to the virus and we are awaiting a response.
The COVID-19 vaccination and booster schedule is available on here.
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Did Dr Nick Gent take up full time CMO position on October 3rd as scheduled?
Do we know if the Cayman Islands has bivalent booster doses available, and if so which flavour? ie. is it mRNA-1273.214 (Wuhan + BA1) or mRNA-1273.222 (Wuhan + BA4/5)?
Are we expecting to get any doses of Pfizer BNT162b2 (WT/OMI BA4/5)?
Who is being served now for 5th doses, and when/where?
HSA.ky (inc. COVID schedule) doesn’t have any of this information available for those that might be interested.
My condolences to the family and friends.
Three residents die of covid in 6 months at Brac rest home. Someone needs to investigate the PPE prodigal.
This is ridiculous. This poor bedridden man caught Covid twice in the Kirkconnell Community Care Center on Cayman Brac. These workers should be held accountable. They are obviously not wearing proper PPE.
What’s the all cause mortality rate vax vs unvaxxed? Those who should know, don’t know and don’t want to know. And everyone should want to know. Wake up.
You missed out “age adjusted” from that question which speaks volumes for your willingness to abuse irrelevant data.
Actually I would like to see it stratified by age, but the data isn’t available much less being looked at stratified or otherwise.
And your lack of curiosity or more accurately put, your fear of knowledge speaks volumes also.
You’re on the internet. Open a browser window and direct your search. There’s lots of data available on mortality and age. Immune health and dynamic responsiveness to infection declines with age and pre-existing sicknesses/comorbidities. Some people don’t make it. Doesn’t mean it’s not sad that their time on Earth with loved ones and friends was cut short. If that was because someone thought “who cares” about protocol in a facility selling those protocols, even sadder, and possibly criminally negligent. Older people are relying on competent protection and it’s our duty/responsibilty to provide that, whether you believe in COVID or not.
How many people have to die from Covid at the Brac Rest Home before a comprehensive review of procedures are done.
Bed ridden patients get Covid how? From staff maybe?
It is October 2022 and we have hyper infectious Omicron. What procedures, other than encouraging vaccination, are you advocating? This is not April 2020.
Family?
Visitors are not allowed in the home. The workers are taking it in.
No visitors? Hard to believe.
You are wrong. Visitors are indeed allowed, particularly now, since CIG has removed all mandates.
What you really mean is that a severely ill person died, and by the way, they were also Covid positive.
thank you….
Obviously, these people taking care of these patients are not following proper Covid protocol. Perhaps, DEH can run some courses on proper hygiene for the caretakers of the elderly and the sick.
You don’t know jack about the staff. You don’t have the right to place blame.
Having just recently lost an immediate family member who was hospitalized with covid my heart and prayers go out to the other families who lost their loved one. No one knows the pain and suffering the families endure, for most there is no closure. Imagine not being allowed to visit your loved one and not being able to be with them as they take their last breath. Its heartless and inhumane.
God help us.
Losses are sad when they are among the vaccinated, but this is the new reality. Like flu, covid is now endemic. The death rates from covid among the vaccinated are no longer sufficiently material to merit any specific responses beyond encouragement of vaccination take up, except, possibly, suggesting those who know they have covid wearing masks when they are in public and still infectious. That is why the start of the statement by the interim CMO “It is imperative that we continue to use all the resources at our disposal to protect ourselves and our loved ones from severe illness and death from COVID-19” is misplaced and counterproductive as it confuses messaging.
This patient was in the KCCC Kirkconnell Community Care Center! Question is how did he get it?
Rules arent being followed there!
No. Our government removed all the rules. Savour your newfound “freedom”.
To many on Cayman, the heartless scums that live amongst us. Just another life lost. They died “with” covid.
Why is being objective in an analysis “heartless”? Those that want us all to live a life less lived, alone and masked, use such deaths to justify restricting the lives of others. Covid is endemic, vaccination is the only rational public health measure, and those pushing their fear driven agenda on the rest of us are the heartless ones in my book.
So what restrictions are you railing against now? There aren’t any. You won, now you get to collect your freedom prize.