| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
| Confirmed Cases | 45 | 91,972 |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||
| Females | 24 | 52,325 |
| Males | 21 | 39,644 |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 |
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 88 years | 1 day to 108 years |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||
| Clarendon | 0 | 4,939 |
| Hanover | 0 | 3,000 |
| KSA | 9 | 22,687 |
| Manchester | 7 | 5,996 |
| Portland | 0 | 2,522 |
| St. Ann | 7 | 6,878 |
| St. Catherine | 7 | 17,219 |
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,203 |
| St. James | 9 | 8,986 |
| St. Mary | 0 | 3,051 |
| St. Thomas | 4 | 3,959 |
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,364 |
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,168 |
| COVID TESTS
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
43 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,108 | 6,933 | 3,931 | 91,972 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
968 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 183 | 1,151 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
398,276 | 198,669 | 596,945 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,011 | 0 | 185 | 1,196 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
479,384 | 6,933 | 202,600 | 688,917 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 4.3% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||
| Deaths | 8 | 2,441 |
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 |
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 351 |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||
| Recovered | 37 | 63,661 |
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | – | 487 |
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |
| Number in Home Quarantine | 17,321 | |
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number Hospitalized | 104 | |
| Patients Moderately Ill | 19 | |
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,165 |
| Imported | 2 | 1,377 |
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,419 |
| Under Investigation | 43 | 82,775 |
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 |
Deaths
- A 67-year-old male from Manchester.
- An 85-year-old male from Hanover.
- An 81-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- An 88-year-old female from St. James.
- A 72-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- A 93-year-old female from Portland.
- A 92-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 95-year-old male from St. Mary.
The deaths occurred between August 24 and December 14, 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