The following is an update as of 10:00 pm on 18 September 2021.
First confirmed case of Covid-19 in Grenada was reported on 22 March 2020.
| LOCAL (CURRENTLY) | |
| New positive case(s) | 351 |
| Active cases | 2,444 |
| • Imported | 9 |
| • Import-related | 0 |
| • Local | 2,435 |
| Hospitalised | 74 |
| In self-isolation | 2,444 |
| In quarantine facilities | 305 |
| LOCAL (TOTAL) | |
| Confirmed cases | 3,841 |
| • Imported | 129 |
| Recovered | 1,347 |
| Hospitalised | 120 |
| Deaths | 50 |
| RT-PCR tests conducted | 66,417 |
| Tests completed today | 1,485 |
| Vaccinated (1st dose) | 31,721 |
| Vaccinated (2nd dose) | 21,348 |
| GLOBAL | |
| Confirmed cases | 226,844,344 |
| New cases | 571,075 |
| Deaths | 4,666,334 |
| Vaccine doses administered | 5,634,533,040 |
Covid-19 Hotline: 45VIRUS (458-4787) or 53VIRUS (538-4787)
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Why hide the truth of my post.
All am seeing is a lot of hysteria and panic and not much for solutions. Everybody is pointing fingers at each other and not at the authorities and doctors who refused to prescribe cheap life saving medications on the onset of a positive tests. It’s our pompous egos , and a thirst for control and power have us in this situation today. What do you expect the result to be if after you have tested positive, sent home to isolate and forgotten with no immediate aggressive treatment protocol to kick this virus to the curb. I have seen ppl do great right here in Grenada with an early protocol treatment. However for some of our puffed up medical professionals its taboo to prescribe it. ” Here’s what. IT SAVES LIVES. Use it.
Please,Please take the vaccine.
Grenada is a small country one can travel around the island in two hours.just imagine how easily one could spread the virus.
We should pray for some of those foolish people.
God bless Grenada
4000 by the end of September. You are not serious. Ten or more of my neighbors alone are tested positive. You can easily add a zero to your number
I see that today a new line entry (“Tests Completed Today”) was just added to the Dashboard. This is helpful because you can see at a glance how the testing is going (rather than having to do the subtraction from the prior day totals)
As Mr. Slaine has pointed out, the uptick in testing has revealed a jump in the number of cases. Not at all surprising. But the positivity hit rate (351/1485) yesterday was about 24%, versus the extraordinarily high positivity rate (I believe around 80%) the prior 2 days during which fewer tests were administered. Not too much can be drawn from this lower positivity rate, however.
The MoH is to be commended for the increase in testing, and the hope is that testing will continue to increase. However, it is not a particularly good measure of how the virus is spreading in Grenada –and how we are doing at combating it– because of the statistical anomaly of how the test subjects are being selected.
May I suggest that the MoH also add another new line to the Daily Dashboard (“Vaccines Administered Today, First/Second”). This will provide, at a glance, a good barometer of how we are doing as a nation in combating the scourge of Covid. Yes, this data is also easily obtained by simply subtracting the prior day totals. But having it readily accessible might help in getting people focused and engaged on this key metric. The 600 or so “First Doses” administered yesterday was a good step in the right direction. I know and commend many of the people who worked very hard to achieve this result. But should be viewed as a base upon which we continue to build.
This has gone beyond a crisis. Low percentage of vaccinated people has contributed to this massive outbreak. I believe the government did a job on communicating the importance of being vaccinated. From day one government and employers were very combative. The ” my way of the highway” approach did not encourage collaboration.
Government and employers needed to assure the public that the rights and freedoms are intact and that no one was about to take away anyone rights and freedoms.
There is saying you attract more flies with honey instead of vinegar.
We are in this together and there are times when got to make sacrifices even when our rights and freedoms may encroach upon.
When you have the PM making combative remarks it does not help to get the nation onboard m.Instead, it appeared as though the PM was/is a spokesperson the rich and corporations.
Hugo Charles
2,444 active cases (as of today)
74 hospitalized (at capacity)
50 deaths (so far)
Pray for Grenada, this virus is unleashed now on the island.
Why are my comments waiting moderation?
They do not like something you said.
I only said higher level of testing yesterday has turned up a higher number of infected people.
Also I said there must be a lot more people infected than official numbers show due to lack of testing.
I also said vaccination numbers must improve.
I also said there would likely be 4,000 infected by the end of September.
Maybe an unvaccinated Qanon person is moderating today.
More tests done on Saturday has found increased number of cases. The virus must be more prevalent on the islands than recorded numbers show.
Vaccination rates must improve.
More tests on Saturday equals more cases. This proves the virus is much more prevalent in the local population than the figures show. I still forecast a minimum of 4,000 recorded active cases by the end of September.
Vaccination rates must drastically improve.