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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Monday, March 8, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES
Confirmed Cases 561 27,465  
SEX CLASSIFICATION      
Females 333 15,377  
Males 228 12,085  
Under Investigation 0 3  
AGE RANGE 4 months to 103 years 1 day to 104 years  
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES      
Clarendon 18 1,536  
Hanover 10 738  
KSA 169 7,935  
Manchester 24 1,802  
Portland 16 679  
St. Ann 46 1,815  
St. Catherine 103 5,269  
St. Elizabeth 45 965  
St. James 39 3,027  
St. Mary 9 709  
St. Thomas 24 950  
Trelawny 39 961  
Westmoreland 19 1,079  
COVID-19 TESTING      
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today 552 0 9 561
Cumulative POSITIVES 25,853 831 781 27,465
NEGATIVES Today 1,340 All negatives are included in PCR tests 438 1,778
Cumulative NEGATIVES 186,807 17,573 204,380
TOTAL TESTS TODAY 1,892 0 447 2,339
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE 212,660 831 18,354 231,845
Positivity Rate 29.2%

(For PCR and public sector antigen tests)

   
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES
Deaths 6 460 1. 71-year-old male from Trelawny;

2. 78-year-old male from Trelawny;

3. 36-year-old female from St. James;

4. 81-year-old male from Trelawny;

5. 64-year-old female from St. James; and

6. 62-year-old male from Clarendon.

Coincidental Deaths 0 90  
Deaths under investigation 0 57  
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES      
Recovered 147 14,595  
Active Cases 561 12,178  
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT      
Number in Facility Quarantine 12    
Number in Home Quarantine 20,433    
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT      
Number Hospitalised 301    
Patients Moderately Ill 29    
Patients Critically Ill 29    
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES      
Imported 3 712  
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked) 0 1,272  
Contacts of Confirmed Cases 2 2,001  
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster 0 236  
Under Investigation 556 23,244