Jamaica recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing to 958 the total number of confirmed positives for the island.
Of the newly confirmed cases, 19 are females and 11 are males, with ages ranging from six (6) to 87 years. Included in that number are four (4) imported cases with addresses in St. James (3) and Clarendon (1). They arrived in the island in early July from the United States. Two of the four cases have since returned to the United States.
The 26 other cases are from Clarendon (11), St. Thomas (11), Kingston and St. Andrew (2), St. Catherine (1) and St. Mary (1). Five (5) of those cases are contacts of confirmed cases and 21 are under investigation.
At this time, there are 352 imported cases; 278 cases that are contacts of confirmed cases; 62 are local transmission cases not epidemiologically linked; 236 are related to the workplace cluster in St. Catherine; and 30 are under investigation.
Some 541 or 56% of the confirmed cases are females and 417 or 44% are males. Their ages range from two (2) months to 87 years.
Of the 958 cases confirmed with COVID-19 to date, 745 or 77.8 % have recovered; 52 or 5.4% have repatriated; and 12 or 1.3% have died.
There are 149 or 15.5% active cases currently under observation, including seven (7) moderately ill persons. There are no critically ill persons at this time.
Clinical Management Summary as at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 6 August, 2020
| Total Samples Tested | 41,840 |
| New Samples tested in the last 24 hours | 541 |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours | 3 |
| Results Positive | 958 |
| Results Negative | 40,835 |
| Results Pending | 47 |
| Deceased | 12 |
| Recovered | 745 |
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 |
| Number in Home Quarantine | 24,851
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| Number Hospitalised
(Including suspected positive COVID-19 cases) |
42 |
| Persons Moderately Ill | 7 |
| Persons Critically Ill | 0 |
| Persons in Facility Isolation | 8 |
| Persons in Home Isolation | 111 |
| Persons in Transitional Facilities | 5 |
| Persons Repatriated | 52
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