Spread of the corona virus on the Cayman Islands
The inhabitants of the Cayman Islands are also affected by the corona pandemic and the spread of the Sars-Covid-19 virus. By June 5th, 2020, 164 infected persons and 1 death have been reported in the country. The first confirmed infections were reported on March 19th, 2020, which is the date of the official notification. An additional 10-14 days are calculated for noticing one's own infection, the doctor's appointment, the laboratory test and, above all, the period from the infection until the first symptoms appear. The country reached its peak so far on May 19th with 17 new infected persons.
The graph shows the number of people infected.
Mortality rate of infected persons
From the previously infected and deceased people, on the Cayman Islands results in a mortality rate of 0.6%. However, it should be borne in mind that death occurs an average of 19 days after the first symptoms appear. The time of the actual infection is therefore followed by several days until a person affected has a medical test carried out and the results are available. In order to quantify mortality more precisely, one would therefore have to compare the deaths that have occurred to date with those reported 137 infected up to 10 days ago. This gives on the Cayman Islands a new mortality rate of 0.7%.Due to the current corona pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers daily. A list of all infected and dead people by country can be found on our Corona virus topic page.
Development in the last days
| Date | Infected | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5th | 4 | +2.5% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Thu 4th | 4 | +2.6% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Wed 3rd | 5 | +3.3% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Tue 2nd | 1 | +0.7% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Mon 1st | 9 | +6.4% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Sun 31st | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Sat 30th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Fri 29th | 1 | +0.7% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Thu 28th | 0 | +0.0% | 0 | +0.0% |
| Wed 27th | 3 | +2.2% | 0 | +0.0% |
Diseases
| Cayman Islands | Ø worldwide | |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes * | 6.80% | 8.81% |
| Tuberculosis | 0.01% | 0.13% |
* The number of people suffering from diabetes refers only to inhabitants aged between 20 and 79 years.
Medical supplies
The medical care provided by doctors and hospitals on the Cayman Islands is above average, but is not as good as the average within the EU. The country provides 3.0 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants. The worldwide average here is 2.7 beds and within the EU there are even 5.6 beds for every 1000 inhabitants.With about 124 physicians on the Cayman Islands, there are about 1.94 doctors per 1000 inhabitants. Here again the comparison: worldwide this standard is 1.50 physicians per 1000 inhabitants and in the EU even 3.57.
Through medical care, the mortality of major known diseases can be reduced to an above-average extent. For example, only about 0 percent of all people who suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or chylomicron retention disease (CRD) currently die.