| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 172 | 88,431 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 97 | 50,277 | ||
| Males | 75 | 38,151 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 9 months to 95 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 4,767 | ||
| Hanover | 9 | 2,866 | ||
| KSA | 29 | 21,869 | ||
| Manchester | 4 | 5,845 | ||
| Portland | 17 | 2,463 | ||
| St. Ann | 17 | 6,527 | ||
| St. Catherine | 33 | 16,431 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 16 | 4,052 | ||
| St. James | 16 | 8,648 | ||
| St. Mary | 5 | 2,855 | ||
| St. Thomas | 18 | 3,791 | ||
| Trelawny | 8 | 3,280 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,037 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
161 | 9 | 2 | 172 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
78,000 | 6,567 | 3,864 | 88,431 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
984 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 183 | 1,167 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
358,823 | 187,786 | 546,609 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,145 | 9 | 185 | 1,339 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
436,823 | 6,567 | 191,650 | 635,040 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 14.7% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 4 | 2,183 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 186 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 321 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 172 | 56,761 | ||
| Active Cases | 172 | 28,888 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 39,708 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 334 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 63 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 37 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 22 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,115 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,313 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,055 | ||
| Under Investigation | 171 | 79,712 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- A 46-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 58-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- An 85-year-old male from KSA.
- A 73-year-old female from Portland.
The deaths occurred between October 19 and October 22, 2021.
| Clinical Definitions | |
| Moderately Ill | Require hospitalisation but do not require oxygen supplementation. (Admission may be for non-COVID-19 specific conditions.) |
| Severely Ill | Require hospitalisation and oxygenation support but not high dependency support (highly specialised staff and/or equipment). |
| Critically Ill | Require hospitalisation, oxygenation support and highly specialized staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing