COVID-19 - Epidemiological Week 24
Cumulative COVID-19 mortality rate per 1 million population among Caribbean countries
COVID-19 case numbers and number of PCR tests conducted
Total COVID-19 cases since March 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases for the last 30 days. Orange bars indicate PCR results are pending thus figures may change.
Test Positivity Rate for the last thirty days. Data refers to the percentage of patients who tested positive via PCR in the prior 7-days.
COVID-19 hospitalisations
COVID-19 vaccine statistics
Vaccine statistics for Paediatric Vaccine and 3rd Doses
Hospitalisations and deaths by vaccination status (since 8 September 2021)
Admissions stratified by those aged above and below the age of 10 (since 8 September 2021*)
Vaccine Coverage total population
Booster (3rd dose) Vaccine Coverage per Age Group
12 - 18 June 2022 (Data as of 21-06-2022)
International Situation
Internationally, case detection continues to decline since the peak of new cases reported at the beginning of the year. However, for the first week in over a month, the weekly number of COVID-19 deaths has slightly increased by 4%. An increase in deaths occurred in the Region of the Americas and Western Pacific Region.
Cayman Islands Local Trends
The case rate has declined to 532 cases per 100,000 population from 681 cases per 100,000 population in Epi. Week 23. The number of new positive cases has fallen from 472 to 369, and the daily average of new positives from 67 to 53. The test positivity has slightly decreased from 28% to 26%, however, the number of PCR tests conducted has continued to decline by 12% to 1,467 from 1,659.
Regarding mortality, the Cayman Islands has still the lowest cumulative fatality rate among the Caribbean UKOTs and is among the lowest of all Caribbean countries.
The role played by vaccination, which has been successfully implemented in Cayman, needs to be recognised when looking at the low cumulative mortality rate in Cayman.
Reviewing epidemiological data throughout the pandemic and analysing among cases that were hospitalised, statistically, 56 hospitalised cases would have died if they had not been vaccinated.
Hospital Admissions
Five new admissions were registered during Epi. Week 24, a decrease from the previous reporting week where ten new admissions were reported. Of the five admissions, one was specifically caused by COVID-19 morbidity, with four patients detected on screening. A total of 9 patients required inpatient treatment, which decreased from 12 patients in the previous week.
Vaccination
During Epi. Week 24, a total of 53 children received the paediatric COVID-19 vaccine (16 first dose and 37 second dose), bringing the total of vaccines administered to children over the last two weeks to 114.
There were 19 adults (aged 12 and older) who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Epi.
Week 24, and 35 adults who received their second dose.
Key Message
Key metrics have started to improve again and the declining trend in cases noted prior to last week has since continued. Vaccination continues to be the key protective tool against COVID .
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