The island is now experiencing record high Covid figures — so far this month we have the highest ever active cases, the most people in hospital, the most people in ICU and the most cases ever announced in a day — and according to data compiled by two leading sources, we also have the most cases per capita over the last seven days.
According to data from New York Times, Bermuda is currently ranked first as far as the most Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days, and the latest data from Worldometers also rank the island first in cases per million residents in the last seven days.
The island also continued to have one of the highest testing per capita rates in the world, 5th of 221 countries and territories, as per Worldometers. Bermuda recently surpassed 500,000 total tests to date.
The New York Times said, “This table is sorted by places with the most cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. Charts show change in daily averages and are each on their own scale.