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Cayman: COVID-19 Testing Update 18 August 2020 – NO new positives

The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 286 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since it was last reported on Monday, 17 August. All were negative.

The total number of people in isolation, either at a government facility or in their homes as required by the Medical Officer of Health, is currently 181. 

The number of antibody tests that have been conducted at the Health Services Authority and Health City Cayman Islands now stands at 2,316. Of these, there have been a total of 57 positives (2.5% positive), where 37 are people previously positive on a PCR test and six were contacts of previous PCR positive people; this leaves 14, five of whom have a travel history abroad during the recent months and nine who have no identified COVID-19 contact history.

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