Police arrived at 18 Rivero Street, where they saw the motionless body of Phillip Bernard Gillett, 65 years, bleeding from the nose and right ear on a bed, apparently dead. Charles Lodge, of the same address stated that his cousin Gillett was suffering from Meniere disease.
Phillip body was transported to KHMH,where his body was pronounced dead on arrival. Police are investigating the crime.
A further 164 samples were processed today with the breakdown as follows – 23 samples were positive in this infographic (includes the 4 reported yesterday)
– Orange Walk – 1
– Corozal – 4
– Cayo – 4 (3 in Belmopan – health care workers)
– Belize 14 (6 in San Pedro, the remaining in Belize City)
Three persons have recovered today.
There are currently 6 patients at the KHMH (3 are intubated).
Continue to remain safe by practicing physical distancing and overall good hygienic practices.
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Dear brothers, after receiving the sad news that the cause of death of our beloved brother, Carlos Peralta, was due to COVID19, we inform you that La Inmaculada Church will be closed until further notice. We ask those who attended Mass on Wednesday and Today Sunday, to please take the proper precautions (quarantine) since our deceased brother participated in Mass on Wednesday and a very close family member today. The priests will also be in quarantine. Thank you very much for your understanding.
One patient Died While Being Treated For a Heart Condition. He was confirmed COVID-19 positive after death. The Deceased is a 63-Year -Old Male from Orange Walk.///
**FOUR NEW CASES AND UPDATE ON PREVIOUS CASES IDENTIFIED YESTERDAY**
Further to the numbers reported last night, the further details are as follows:
– The cases in Stann Creek are all related to a previously identified case (all members of a family/same household)
– The cases reported in Belize District are in Belize City (4 related to previously identified cases, the rest are being traced for any link)
– Cases in Orange Walk (mostly in Yo Creek but cases also in Guinea Grass, San Jose Palmar, August Pine Ridge, Orange Walk Town)
– Cases in Cayo District (include Belmopan, Benque Viejo, San Jose Succotz, Bullet Tree, Duck Run and Santa Elena)
The Central Medical Laboratory is not running any batch of samples today as they are preparing samples for processing tomorrow as well as routine quality control measures.
We can also confirm that in four samples processed today using the GeneXpert template, 4 new cases are being reported (the infographic tomorrow will reflect this)
– 1 in a patient being treated for a heart condition who died while receiving treatment at a private facility last night. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was done post mortem.
– 3 cases in field officers involved in contact tracing and mapping exercises
For now, 2 patients remain intubated at KHMH and 2 others remain in the isolation area. No other region is reporting critically ill patients at this time.
COVID-19 update:
This is our data for today.
A further 172 samples were processed today with 32 new cases identified.
The preliminary breakdown is as follows:
– 1 case in Belize City
– 10 cases in Corozal District (includes repatriated cases and cases in previously identified clusters)
– 21 in Orange Walk District (related to previously identified clusters in Shipyard and construction site)
We had one death – person diagnosed with SARS-CoV2.
We have 3 recovered cases.
We have 2 patients intubated and critically ill at the KHMH ICU.
As we move through the weekend, we anticipate clearing up all the backlog of samples from the Central Medical Laboratory.
Please continue exercising all the necessary precautions under new norms.
Stay safe all.
*****ALERT ALERT ALERT*****
We have been getting notes that some persons are getting the attached message on their mobile devices – either via Whatsapp or regular messages.
Please note that this IS NOT ORIGINATING from the Ministry of Health or the Public Health Inspectors!
We are launching an investigation but we cannot, at this stage, be caught up in this malicious mischief which doesn’t help anyone!
This also takes away time and energy from health staff as we investigate this and rectify the information for patients as a result of this malicious text.
COVID-19 UPDATE
This is our data for today.
A total of 172 samples have been processed with 60 positive cases.
The preliminary breakdown we have so far is as follows:
– 1 case in Independence
– 1 case in Caye Caulker
– 3 cases in Belmopan (linked to previous case and one with a link to San Pedro)
– 4 cases in Cayo District (1 in Duck Run, 2 in Succotz – all 4 cases linked to San Pedro)
– 12 cases in Corozal (linked to previous cases and some to San Pedro)
– 16 cases in Belize City (for the most part linked to San Pedro)
– 23 cases in Orange Walk District (in San Jose, San Felipe, Guinea Grass, San Pablo – mostly linked to construction site in San Pedro)
For now, we have 6 patients hospitalized as follows:
– 1 in Corozal
– 1 in Orange Walk
– 1 in Dangriga
– 3 at KHMH (one person intubated)
We have also had a delivery in a patient that is positive.
Please continue to be safe and practice all prevention measures with all persons around you.
It depends on a collective effort to flatten this curve!
We appreciate all the feedback and do ask that you bear with us in terms of providing the data in real time.
We also do note that the common question now is from which geographic area the cases are coming from but as we move along we can anticipate a delay given that this needs to be verified. The infographic does capture where persons show up or are called for a test but that may be different from where the person lives or works.
For the Stann Creek District, we had 8 cases last night:
– 2 in Dangriga related to a previously identified case
– 6 in Independence (1 contact related to San Pedro & 5 related to a tug boat that was engaged in movement of cargo at sea – link to Honduras)
No single community can let their guard down based on the premise that they have no identified case.
Stay safe all!
The 3rd patient to die from covid-19 has been defined as fifty-two-year-old Luis Romero Senior. His daughter took to Facebook to state, quote, “He had symptoms during this week which progressed within one day. My brother begged M.O.H. to test him from last week Thursday. They said he had no links to anybody positive and a bad flu is going around and if he went to a clinic, they will give him meds and that’s it.” End quote. She furthermore stated that the family discovered that her brother was in contact with a person who tested positive, even though other members of these family members were tested, Romero had not been, despite having signs and symptoms.
The Karl Heusner Memorial hospital confirmed one their employees have COVID-19
MEMORANDUM
FROM: OFFICE OF THE CEO
TO:
ALL STAFF – KHMH
SUBJECT: CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASE
Date: August 12, 2020
Please be informed that one (I) staff member has been tested positive for COV1D-I9. Management has initiated contact tracing within the hospital. Of note, the staff was exposed outside this facility.
Staff who are exhibiting respiratory symptoms arc asked to call Di. Selina Bermudez, Hospital Epidemiologist, at Ext. 280 for further assistance and guidance.
At this time, we emphasize the mandatory compliance with measures and guidelines that have been put in place: proper use of face masks, handwashing/hand-sanitizing and physical distancing. Staff arc expected to remain in their assigned unit and only traverse the hospital for work related duty.
It is crucial that we all maintain a heightened level of awareness during this time.
Thank you.
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