20 hospitalised with COVID in March, 1 death reported

According to the latest Ministry of Health update, one COVID-positive person died and 20 with the virus were admitted to hospital during March.

The ministry’s monthly ‘Public Health Spotlight‘ bulletin, issued on Tuesday, 18 April, detailed the latest COVID-related statistics. The data did not differentiate between patients admitted for treatment in relation to their COVID infection and those who tested positive for the virus when screened on admission and receiving care for other medical needs.

The report also did not specify if the COVID-positive person who died was being treated in relation to the virus or for a comorbidity.

Five of the patients hospitalised in March required supplemental oxygen, but none were ventilated, according to the report.

The bulletin noted there had been a slight increase in the number of people hospitalised with the virus – 20 last month compared to 17 in February. Also in February, three people who had tested positive for COVID died.

Monitoring avian flu in the region

Meanwhile, health officials are monitoring a report to the Pan American Health Organization of a human case of avian flu in Chile. This is the first case to be reported in Chile and third in the Americas in the past year.

No cases have been identified in the Cayman Islands, local officials stressed.