The number of Cayman’s confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by five, Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Lee reported Monday.
Lee, in his report, said 656 COVID-19 tests had been administered since Friday’s results and five travellers from that group tested positive.
These latest cases take Cayman’s overall confirmed COVID-19 cases to 656, of which 648 are fully recovered.
Six cases remain active, two of which are showing signs of the coronavirus while four are asymptomatic. There are no hospitalisations at this time.
A total of 826 people remain in isolation.
To date, 99,635 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in the Cayman Islands. Latest figures state that 50,884 or 72% of the estimated 71,106 population have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A total of 48,751 or 69% of the population have completed the two-dose course.
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I constantly read of Traveler’s texting positive for Covid upon arrival in Grand Cayman. We would like to know more of how this happens as individuals are supposed to have negative Covid Tests before boarding. It seems these travelers have engaged in risky behavior before boarding and in putting other travelers in jeapordy.
Or maybe there negative Covid tests are not authentic. When we gradually reopen and will no longer be testing we have to correct this weakness in the system
Martyn Rand
It’s because of the incubation period of COVID. You can be infected and test negative until a viral load threshold at which you’ll test positive. I believe the average incubation for Delta is about 5 days.
Many people are oblivious to the incubation period, believing that a negative test today means that they’ll be negative tomorrow.
And reporting of positive tests is so vague many questions arise. Here are a few:
Which positive tests were administered at the airport when travellers arrived at GCM and which positive tests were administered at end of quarantine?
For each positive test, what airport did the traveller fly to CI from?
What was citizenship and age of each traveller who tested positive?
For each positive test, was the traveller fully vaccinated or not fully vaccinated before flying to CI?
What is the percentage of travellers who test positive compared to travellers not testing positive by age, by which airport flew from, etc.
Have the percentages changed over time, what are the trends?