This is Public Health’s Data/ Surveillance Update on Recent COVID-19 Mortality as of 9/20/2021.

Notable data they share include:

62% of recent deaths were DOA or “dead on arrival”

71% of recent deaths tested positive on the same day they died (or immediately afterward), implying neither they nor anyone else knew they were infected

50% of DOA deaths had known co-morbidities, with the other 50% not having enough information to report

60% of non-DOA deaths had known co-morbidities

This means that getting tested is important and we need to alert island residents with known co-morbidities of the danger they face if they contract COVID-19.