grocery shopping and food for pets, it also identified what days people can go to the grocery stores. shopping days at this time changed to all those with a surname beginning with the letter shown below, can proceed to shop or get needed supplies. monday and thursday (a to f) tuesday and friday (g to q) wednesday and saturday (r to z) sundays (persons aged 55 years and over, disabled people, and essential workers) it was also allowed that anyone who was able to move/shop on sunday will also be allowed to do so in accordance with their surname. this was in part due to the observation and encouragement for family to assist those who live alone and needed assistance. this was a change from the previous name structure, see above 4 april, as it was noticed to be less efficient and added stress to individuals. tuesday, 21 april an order to extend quarantine of individuals already in quarantine who test positive. friday, 24 april "emergency powers" amended a third time, to further assist with remote work to allow an office or computer supply store to operate. may 2020 consolidated testing update: government of bermuda whatsapp notification datetimetotal testsnegative resultsconfirmed casespositive cases age rangepositive cases average ageconfirmed cases importedlocal transmissionconfirmed cases local transmission (known contact/source)confirmed cases local transmission (unknown contact/source)under investigationrecoveredhospitalizedhospitalized age rangehospitalized average agedeceaseddeceased age rangedeceased average age 1 may11:552555234111418-95603859----17481657-91766---- 2 may13:252791254811418-95603859----17481657-91766---- 3 may11:482819270511418-95603859----17511657-91767---- 4 may10:573144302911518-95593859----18511657-91767---- 5 may12:573270315511518-95593865----12541657-91767---- 6 may11:013374325911518-95593866----11541657-91766---- 7 may12:193569345111818-101603870----10591564-91777---- 8 may10:343719360111818-101603870----10611564-91777---- 9 may11:533854373611818-101603870----10641564-91777---- 10 may12:054020390211818-101603870----10641164-91777---- 11 may--:------------------------------------ 12 may12:574489437011918-101603973----766868-89778---- 13 may11:384642452112118-101593975----766768-8978857-9175 14 may13:494646452512118-1015939--717466768-8978857-9175 15 may11:424691456912218-1015939--717566768-8978957-9174 16 may15:364935481212318-1016039--727569768-8976957-9174 17 may11:345017489412318-1016039--728473670-8978957-9174 18 may--:------------------------------------ 19 may17:025549542412518-1015939--748477470-7874957-9174 20 may12:125705558012518-1015939--7410278470-7874957-9174 21 may14:515719559412518-1015939--74102803----957-9174 22 may15:135784565912518-1015939--7410280470-8477957-9174 23 may--:------------------------------------ 24 may--:------------------------------------ 25 may--:------------------------------------ 26 may--:------------------------------------ 27 may--:------------------------------------ 28 may--:------------------------------------ 29 may--:------------------------------------ 30 may--:------------------------------------ 31 may--:------------------------------------ the above information can be verified by watching the citv bermuda press releases for each day, the data is read at the beginning of each press meeting. saturday, 02 may government of bermuda has moved to a phased reopening approach. this will be done in four parts as shown in the image below. phase one will start at 6:00 a.m. as the official end of "shelter in place". legislation passed to move into this phased approach, with the hours for curfew during phase 1 to be 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each night. the closure of some business still mandatory while others are on restricted hours. it was made clear in the press conference that this phased approached does not have any dates and it is subject to change, the priority of this government is the protection of the people. also, this is when the term 'social distancing' was changed to physical distancing to reflect what was actually trying to be achieved. friday, 08 may racial reporting started to identify the number of persons who contracted covid-19 based on race. this was becoming more important as it was being reported that race may have an impact on covid-19 patients. the continuing precautions regulations was amended a first time, to add money service business which are needed as individuals/families have overseas persons that they cannot send funds and to provide cash chequeing abilities to those who do not have access to a banking facility (no bank account holders). the regulations also prohibit scuba diving as all oxygen was being restricted for use at the hospital and should an accident occur, the hyperbaric chamber would need to use the oxygen in stock. thursday, 14 may reporting format for the data changed from just "local transmission" to "local transmission known contact/source" and "local transmission unknown contact/source". this data change has been reflected in the table above for may. bermuda hospitals board bhb announced the following information. admissions to king edward vii hospital (kemh) for covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic to date are 37. the highest number of covid-19 patients at any one time was 16. bhb also confirmed that no cases of covid-19 have been found at mid-atlantic wellness institute to date. there have been 60 surgeries (emergency, urgent and cancer-related) performed over the last four weeks and 53 babies have been born between wednesday, 1 april and tuesday, 12 may. wednesday, 20 may public bus service returns with restrictions, all passengers must wear a face mask and maintain a minimum of one meter (3 feet) distance when seated. maximum capacity will be 17 passengers with no standing allowed, the number was reduced in a meeting on the monday, 18 may and is currently unknown. normal seating is about 40/42 and standing allowed to fill the bus. details for passes here. further issues with public transportation was expressed in the press conference today (20 may) when the press presented a question regarding the drivers will stop work if minibuses are used and that they are allowing only nine people onto the bus; no answer was given at the time because the minister of tourism and transport was not in attendance. after review of some comments regarding new articles on this topic, the general public is not happy with the concerns. reasons given include, but not limited to, drivers had been paid for a service that had not been running for over a month with money paid for by the tax payers/public funds. also, that like other industries, restaurants, bars, and hotels they should be laid off or have furlough days and apply for the government financial assistance if they do not wish to work. others pointed out that cashiers, tellers, and supermarket personnel are working and they cannot understand why they did not work. these concerns have validity and have come from a history of work stoppages made by the public transportation works, many times inconveniencing the general public to a point were the general support in this regard has been reducing. it has reduced to the point that some online comments have outright said to fire them all. it was also confirmed that kemh had found a positive case of covid in the cooper ward of a patient recently. they quarantined the ward and started testing and found another individual was positive, a nurse. no further cases have developed at this time however, both of these individuals had been a systematic, showing no symptoms. premier of bermuda added that 1015 antibody test had been completed to date and provided details of that fact. (citv bermuda press conference broadcast dated 2020-05-20 on youtube) the head of kemh also was pleased with the physical distancing people are doing as they are seeing a flat curve, related to the number of cases. announced press conference meetings will be changed starting next week to twice a week. thursday, 21 may bermuda government approved the move to phase 2 on sunday, 17 may to start on today (21 may) and continue until tuesday, 30 june. the government published the below to assist the public in known what can open at this time. covid-19 bermuda phase 2 reopening version 2020-05-18 monday, 25 may press conference meetings will now be twice a week on monday and thursday. the educational support program for parents who have to return to work only, starts for primary, middle aged children. wednesday, 27 may the educational support program for parents who have to return to work only, starts for preschool aged children. racial reporting reporting on race did not occur until later to protect the identification of individuals. consolidated racial statistics of positive cases: government of bermuda whatsapp notification datetimeblackwhiteother or unknown 8 may10:3456%38%6% 9 may11:5356%38%6% 14 may13:4957%39%4% travel all incoming people arriving on flights had initially been required to self quarantine at home for flights arriving in march. this was changed to gqfs later. at the start gqfs had been at no charge and later charges of $100.00 per day had been implemented and waived if financial hardship was identified. air-bridge flights residence of bermuda had been stranded overseas due to the rapid closing of borders both overseas and locally, and cancellation of flights due to covid-19. bermuda government arranged flights to try to bring its people home. saturday, 16 may residence returned home, from the atlanta - united states, on a charter flight operated by delta and arranged by travel edge, returning 104 bermuda residents many of which were students or individuals who had been overseas for medical treatment. the flight returned to the united states with 100 passenger of different nationalities, among them three inmates being deported back to the united states reported bernews and royal gazette. wednesday, 20 may five residence returned from canada via a private plane earlier this week, no date given. (citv bermuda press conference broadcast dated 2020-05-20 on youtube) community many events had to be cancelled or postponed during the pandemic; too many to list exhaustively. a few of the most notable are: bermuda day friday, 29 may carnival monday, 15 june cup match thursday, july 30 & friday, july 31 end-to-end saturday, 4 may graduation ceremonies the 'onion drop' december 31 nye celebration was made virtual to observe physical distancing one school, warwick academy, prepared a bus that went around the island to many if not all of their students to make the event memorable with photographs with the school mascot. this was a creative and 'out of the box' type of thinking that was needed during the pandemic. economy with the forced closures starting on the 21 march, the bermuda economy started a slowdown. many business had struggled to stay open, especially those in the service industry like restaurants and hotels. unemployment benefit the government created a temporary unemployment benefit to assist people financially who had been unemployed as a result of covid-19. this legislation was amended as time went on to assist as many as possible and even those who did not pay taxes in the past on the condition they register with the tax office. the aim was to be a bridge between the financial assistance program and the loss of employment during these times, as you have to be unemployed for twelve weeks before you can apply for financial assistance. more than two thousand payments had been processed however, some have still not received payments (15 may 2020) due to the processes within the government offices and the inability to clearly identify individual identities. first payments had been paid out the last week of march (30 march to 3 april) with some 819 completed application as of wednesday, 31 march. usually payments are made on the thursday and friday of each week. as of wednesday, 20 may it was reported that approximately nine thousand individuals had been paid and twenty-three million paid out in relation to the unemployment benefit, with 1241 payments made for the first time last week. government plans a further 150 million in a financing agreement by the government with a local institution to public funds. government ministers will lead by example and take 15% cut in pay to be tabled on friday, 22 may. economic advisory committee members are listed (20 may) and the minister of finance also presented some of what is being done to help the economy. payroll tax to be set to zero until 30 june 2020. deferment of customs duty up to 6 months with a possible extension >6 months if circumstances justify. pensions-private pension programs (mandatory) no payment required until 30 june 2021; voluntary payments permitted. pensions-social insurance (mandatory) no payment required until 30 june 2021; voluntary payments permitted. public transportation public transportation was to resume on monday, 18 may with a changed schedule and march 2020 bus passes can be used up to sunday, 31 may. while other passes for april 2020 and may 2020 can be exchanged at the central terminal by sunday, 21 june 2020. the delay of public transportation was reported to be a "lack of communication" and was reset to start on wednesday, 20 may 2020. banks bermuda has four banks and each opened one day a week to the public during the 'shelter in place'. these notices had been online for the most part on rolling notices and other none linkable items as the situation was described as 'very fluid' or 'things changing fast'. the banks started to resume basic services to clients on monday, 4 may 2020 and not all banks opened on that day. the bank of n.t. butterfield