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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, December 15, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 59 91,927
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 26 52,301
Males 33 39,623
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 1 year to 89 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 1 4,939
Hanover 3 3,000
KSA 23 22,684
Manchester 5 5,989
Portland 0 2,522
St. Ann 6 6,869
St. Catherine 5 17,211
St. Elizabeth 7 4,203
St. James 8 8,976
St. Mary 0 3,051
St. Thomas 0 3,955
Trelawny 0 3,363
Westmoreland 1 5,165
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

52 7 0 59
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

81,065 6,933 3,929 91,927
NEGATIVE today

 

1,654 All negatives are included in PCR tests 259 1,913
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

397,308 198,486 595,794
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,706 7 259 1,972
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

478,373 6,933 202,415 687,721
Positivity Rate[1] 3.4%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 1 2,433
Coincidental Deaths 0 191
Deaths Under Investigation 4 351
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 29 63,624
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks   484
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 1  
Number in Home Quarantine 16,141  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 103  
Patients Moderately Ill 16  
Patients Severely Ill 15  
Patients Critically Ill 2  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,158
Imported 2 1,370
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,412
Under Investigation 57 82,751
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATH

  1. A 70-year-old male from St. James.

 

The death occurred on November 15, 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