Tag: Dr John Lee
Negative COVID-19 test results welcomed
(CNS): For the second day running, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported on Tuesday that there were no positive test results for COVID-19 from a batch of 451 samples. Cayman now has just 40 active cases of the disease and none of those individuals have any symptoms. The ongoing trend of negative results from […]
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 […]
1,034 samples turn up 2 COVID-19 positives
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper said the Cayman Islands is one of the safest places in the world just now because “we have effectively created a safe bubble” from COVID-19. With 1,034 test results on Friday and just two asymptomatic positives samples, the country appears well placed to move towards Suppression Level 2 without causing a […]
No positive COVID results for second day
(CNS): Over the last two days public health officials have processed over 1,100 samples taken as part of the COVID-19 screen testing programme and all have been negative, indicating that Grand Cayman could be edging towards the goal of eliminating this coronavirus. In a short release today, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported that […]
Six COVID-positives from test batch of 993
(CNS): Six more test samples for COVID-19 from a batch of 993 processed since Friday were positive, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported Tuesday. All of the cases were picked up in the screening programme and acquired in the community. At this point none of these patients are symptomatic. Cayman has now tested 18,220 […]
First COVID-positive patient in 7 weeks hospitalised
(CNS): The dangers of COVID-19 were brought back into focus Friday when, after a seven week run of no one getting seriously ill with coronavirus, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said one person had been admitted to hospital. The patient, who was tested as part of the screening programme and had previously been asymptomatic, […]
Six COVID-19 positives in latest test batch
(CNS): The steady increase in the number of positive samples for COVID-19 in Cayman continued Thursday, when officials reported six new cases from a batch of 556 test results completed since yesterday. All of these individuals are asymptomatic and were picked up as a result of the screening programme. Cayman has now recorded 186 positive […]
COVID positive tests trend continues
(CNS): An additional four samples taken during the national screening programme were positive for COVID-19, in the latest results revealed Wednesday, which is in keeping with the trend of the daily positives over the last few weeks. The total coronavirus cases here is now 180. Once again, all four individuals who acquired the virus through […]
Five added to COVID-19 tally as tests pass 15k
(CNS): Health workers in Cayman have now tested 15,423 people, which is a quarter of the local population, for COVID-19, putting the country in the top three jurisdictions in the world for per capita testing and painting a clear picture for policymakers about the prevalence of the coronavirus. Five more positive cases were revealed today […]
Over 100 local people come through COVID-19
(CNS): Another seven people have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday, all of whom are asymptomatic. And despite the growing number of cases in the Cayman Islands, 102 people have now acquired but recovered from the virus, most with few adverse effects. Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said Monday in a short release that […]
About 1,000 people could carry virus
(CNS): The rate of transmission of the coronavirus in the Cayman Islands after around 20% of the population has been tested has led officials to estimate that there are almost 1,000 people carrying COVID-19 that are largely unaware they have it. At Friday’s press briefing, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee revealed four more positive […]
