Bermuda Governor Rena Lalgie checks optimistic for COVID

Well being officers on Wednesday, introduced the primary coronavirus demise in three months, simply hours after Governor Rena Lalgie confirmed she had examined optimistic for COVID-19.

The most recent fatality took Bermuda’s demise toll from the virus to 149.

Nonetheless energetic circumstances have fallen to 35, with three folks now in hospital and none in intensive care. The island’s final deaths have been reported on August 4, when there have been 4 fatalities recorded at the moment and 196 confirmed circumstances of the virus.

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On Wednesday afternoon, Authorities Home introduced that though Lalgie, Britain’s consultant on the island, will work remotely, she won’t attend occasions or conferences in individual till she checks adverse for the virus.

The discover added that Lalgie has licensed Deputy Governor Tom Oppenheim to learn Friday’s Throne Speech outlining the federal government’s plans for the approaching yr on her behalf.

In the meantime, Well being Minister Kim Wilson stated whereas the island’s optimistic circumstances have been “fairly low,” it was “almost certainly on account of lowered COVID-19 testing”.

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