NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Bahamas recovery rate of COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 80 percent mark for the 26th consecutive day.<\/p>\n
A month ago, the recovery rate reached just over 79 percent, after remaining in the mid-70 percentile for months.<\/p>\n
The recovery rate first surpassed the 80 percent mark on January 13.<\/p>\n
At the time, there were 8,021 cases, of which 6,607 had recovered 81.1 percent.<\/p>\n
Two days later, the recovery rate increased to over 83 percent.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, there were 8,289 confirmed cases in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
Of those, 1,223 cases remained active while 6,837 had recovered.<\/p>\n
This means the recovery rate as of Sunday was 82.4 percent.<\/p>\n
Health officials also confirmed an additional two cases on the virus one on Eleuthera and another case that had a pending location.<\/p>\n
Twelve patients remain hospitalized, though none of them require intensive care.<\/p>\n
There have been 176 confirmed deaths and 38 non-COVID-deaths, where infected individuals died of other causes.<\/p>\n
However, another 15 have deaths have remained under investigation for more than a month.<\/p>\n
Since January 8, there has been only one additional COVID-related-death.<\/p>\n
On December 21, the Ministry of Health confirmed that five deaths under investigation were COVID-19-related.<\/p>\n
Three men and two women, all of whom were from New Providence and between the ages of 35 and 61, died between September 29, 2020 and December 20, 2020.<\/p>\n
This reduced the number of deaths under investigation to 20.<\/p>\n
Another four deaths under investigation were confirmed as COVID-19-related on January 2.<\/p>\n
These included three Grand Bahamian women and a Grand Bahamian man, ranging in age from 59 to 60, who died between November 12, 2020 and December 13, 2020.<\/p>\n
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