Last Updated on April 5, 2020, 6:37 AM AST by Anthony Morris
An 80-year-old man has been reported to have died in the Grand Bahama. Two days before the death of the men, the officials had confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Relatives of the dead person said that the 80-year-old Clarence Bartlett, resident of Eight Mile Rock was popularly known as ‘C A’ had passed away overnight.
80-year-old Clarence Bartlett was confirmed as a positive case of Coronavirus COVID-19 on April 2.
Dr Hubert Minnis, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said that the officials are investigating the report of a death in Grand Bahama.
If the reason for Bartlett’s death is confirmed to be COVID-29, it would be the fourth death related to COVID-19 in the nation.
The first death in The Bahamas due to COVID-19 was of a patient named Kim Johnson-Rolle belonging to Bimini.
Rolle was a mother of three and the sister of Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson.
The overnight deaths of two other COVID-19 patients have been confirmed overnight. One of the two dead persons is a man and the other one is a woman.
To date, there have been twenty-four confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 in the country.
Eighteen cases out of the total 24 cases are from New Providence, five cases are from the Grand Bahama, and one case is from Bimini.
Dr Hubert Minnis, the Bahamian Prime Minister, has ordered a complete shutdown of all services in The Bahamas to fight the local spread of the virus under the emergency powers order.
The complete shutdown order would be expiring at 5 am on Monday, after that, the earlier 24-hour curfew and restrictions would be remaining in effect.
Earlier this morning, it has been reported the island had recorded its first death due to the novel coronavirus.
However, the social media post which reported regarding the death was taken down after a short time.
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