Covid-19 in Rodrigues : Chronology in Figures...Einfach nur die Zahlen...Juste les Chiffres....Updated frequently

 

 Rodrigues detected the island's first official local Covid-19 case on 26 January 2022. A woman with no travelling history in the recent past and to her knowledge not in contact with someone presenting the typical symptoms. Until now Patient Zero could not be traced. Contact tracing quickly showed that the virus was already present in quite some numbers of the population.

 27.01.2022:   66 active cases in total until  9.30pm, 

                      40 asymptomatic, 26 mild symptoms

28.01.2022:   68 active cases in total until  5.00am

28.01.2022: 282 active cases in total until 10.00pm

During the first days symptomatic cases were admitted to Mont Lubin Health Centre, asymptomatic cases to hotels changed to quarantine centres. New isolation protocols are announced for the next day.

29.01.2022: Measures taken when positive tested persons could not anymore accomodated in quarantine hotels due to saturation

- Semi Lockdown from 7.00pm to 6.00am until 10.02.2022

- Domiciliary Monitoring Unit put in place to monitor asymptomatic cases now transferred back home for self-isolation

The count stands now at 363 active cases in total.

 

30.01.2022 at 5.30am, 473 cases at 10am

30.01.2022 in the evening

31.01.2022 early morning

Since the start of the outbreak 425 PCR Tests and 1, 415 Rapid Antigenic Tests (hospital)  were effected.

31.01.2022 afternoon

 

01.02.2022 

During the first days 53 % of all positive cases were under 18 years.

There was some confusion about the announced figures by MBC the day before.

Figures will be from now on communicated once a day for the previous day from midnight to 0.00am.

The vaccination progress is impressive, but note, with a population of about 44,000 there are still more than 9,000 who are not protected, mostly children under 12.

 

 

 

 

On 07.02.2022 a first patient in self-isolation died, a man of 39 years who suffered from comorbidities. Tested positive on 06.02.2022 when he went to the hospital for his foot infection, his condition deteriorated the next day with high fevers and respiratory problems. When eventually his family managed to get him to the hospital, he was already dead. An interne inquiry at the hospital attributed his death to his comorbidities.

On Monday, 07.02.2022, the Prime Minister postponed the upcoming elections in Rodrigues from 13.02.to 27.02.2022 due to the pandemic.

A second patient who was tested positive at home with underlying health issues died in home isolation, a woman of 81 years. Both deceased persons were buried on 08.02.2022 at Baie Lascar Cemetary. Please note that this death was not mentioned in the briefings, nor was the figure deducted from active cases accordingly, it should read 3,748 active cases. 

The Semi-Lockdown has been extended to 24.02.2022.

 Please note, it's the first time that a patient is on a ventilator. 

 

Sequencing results in all samples sent in confirm the expected presesence of variant Omicron in Rodrigues.

 

The three flights announced two days ago for 15(1) & 18 (2) February will be operated with mandatory 7 days quarantine in a hotel plus test protocol.

As Delta is still present in the Mauritian community, the risk of spreading and introducing it here needs still to be avoided.

 

As to the vaccination progress compared to the week before one can see that more children received their second dose. The vaccination campaign will be continued from Monday, 13.02.2022 on. 5 doctors and staff of the DMU will assist in the operation in order to accelerate the progress. Beside QEH, vaccination will take place also in Mont Plaisir.

 

Please note, on 14.02.2022 the patient on the ventilator died at 3am at age 72. It was Marlin Augustin, Rodrigues' famous accordionist.Similar to the previous 2 victims his death was attributed to his comorbidities.

This morning I learned that a woman of 65 years who was admitted at MHLC died too. It was reported in Le Mauricien. 

 

On Friday night at about 9pm an 80 year old man who was on a ventilator died at age 80.

 

 

 

Due to an article at Le Mauricien, another patient died at MLHC in the night to Sunday. The man was 70 years old and suffered from cancer.

There was also a woman at MLHC from Grand La Fouche Mangue who died at age 66 on Sunday.

 Please note:

 Friday, on 24.02.2022, the semi lockdown imposed on Rodrigues since 29.01.2022, is going to end.

 

To be continued.