COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda

COVID-19 pandemic in Bermuda
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationBermuda
Index case18 March 2020
Arrival date18 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months and 1 week)
Confirmed cases18,860
Deaths
165
Fatality rate0.87%
Vaccinations
  • 48,554[1] (total vaccinated)
  • 47,657[1] (fully vaccinated)
  • 136,759[1] (doses administered)
Government website
Government of Bermuda Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ministry of Health

Crowdsourced Community Spread Data

COVID-19 testing

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed by diagnostic test to have reached the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda on 18 March 2020; with individuals having arrived from the UK and US. Those individuals had been traced to back to the fourth and sixth of March. This was the first it was confirmed and some believe that COVID-19 could have been on island undetected with asymptomatic individuals before that time.

The Government of Bermuda has pushed to keep its people safe from COVID-19 and to reduce social media rumors. To assist in the reduced rumors on social media, the official government website (to the left) was updated with a direct link for information relating to Bermuda. They also used WhatsApp to communicate with the general public. Therefore, due to the size of Bermuda and limited published worldwide data the below data can be verified via the media links below.

The Ministry of Health also did not report on some data information until the identifications of individuals could be protected. Bermuda is a small community and using process of elimination identities could be revealed when numbers are small. Therefore, data regarding details, flights, race, and age did not get published until privacy could be maintained.

  1. ^ a b c Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020–2024). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 November 2024.