The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Bermuda jumped to 406 in the latest round of 13,772 tests results logged over the last eight days, taking the total number of active cases to 522.

According to the latest update released by the Ministry of Health tonight, the Omicron variant accounted for 212 cases.

But a Ministry spokeswoman said this strain was not responsible for any of the four latest deaths announced earlier this week.

There are currently no patients in hospital battling the coronavirus.

It was also noted that 242 of the new cases were classified as imported with history of travel in the previous 14 days.

The additional 164 new cases were classified as either local transmission (41) or under investigation (123).

“Additionally, there are 114 recoveries and four (4) deaths, as reported previously. The Ministry notes that none of the recently announced deaths were due to the Omicron variant.”

There are 522 active cases, of which:

  • 522 are under public health monitoring; and
  • Zero [0] are in hospital with zero [0] in intensive care.

“Since March 2020, Bermuda has recorded 6,420 coronavirus cases, out of which 5,788 have recovered, and sadly there have been 110 coronavirus-related deaths.”

The source of all active cases is as follows:

  • 318 are Imported
  • 60 are classified as local transmission
  • 144 are Under Investigation

“Active cases by vaccination status, transmission, and type:

  • Imported cases: 94% are fully vaccinated and 6% are not fully vaccinated.
  • Local/Under Investigation cases: 75% are fully vaccinated and 25% are not fully vaccinated.
  • Of the 217 active cases where typing is available, 2% (5) are Delta, 98% (212) are Omicron.

“The source of all confirmed cases is as follows:

  • 1,113 are Imported
  • 5,135 are classified as local transmission of which:
  • 3,172 are Local transmission with known contact/source and
  • 1,963 are Local transmission with an unknown contact/source
  • 152 are Under Investigation

The Ministry of Health also provided an update on the current vaccination programme status, noting that 50 weeks of vaccinations have been completed. Since January 11th, 2021 Bermuda residents have received a total of 115,145 vaccinations.

Of the 115,145 vaccinations given as of December 23:

  • 52% are women and 48% are men.
  • 87.0% of all residents over the age of 65 years have had at least one vaccination; and
  • 85.6% are fully immunized.

“To date, 72.4 percent of the population has been vaccinated (1 dose( and 71.0 percent of the population has been immunized (2 doses). Additionally, 34.9 percent of the population have received a booster.

“The vaccination/booster programme will resume on January 5, 2022.”

The Ministry also provided an updated schedule of the testing center sites, which are as follows:

Perot Post Office, Hamilton:

Friday December 31st, 2021 – 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Saturday January 1st, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Sunday January 2nd, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM
Monday January 3rd, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM

Bulls Head Car Park:

Friday December 31st, 2021 – 10.00 AM – 3.00 PM
Saturday January 1st, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 3.00 PM
Monday January 3rd, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 3.00 PM

Clocktower, Dockyard:

Friday December 31st, 2021 – 10.00 AM – 3.00 PM
Monday January 3rd, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 3.00 PM

Penno’s Wharf, St. George’s:

Tuesday January 4th, 2022 – 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM