NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
Confirmed Cases | 835 | 65,734 | |||
SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
Females | 493 | 37,162 | |||
Males | 342 | 28,569 | |||
Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
AGE RANGE | 1 day to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
Clarendon | 64 | 3,351 | |||
Hanover | 31 | 2,115 | |||
KSA | 178 | 17,111 | |||
Manchester | 90 | 4,446 | |||
Portland | 21 | 1,801 | |||
St. Ann | 52 | 4,681 | |||
St. Catherine | 170 | 12,104 | |||
St. Elizabeth | 48 | 2,901 | |||
St. James | 92 | 6,497 | |||
St. Mary | 7 | 2,005 | |||
St. Thomas | 4 | 2,494 | |||
Trelawny | 36 | 2,297 | |||
Westmoreland | 42 | 3,931 | |||
COVID-19 TESTING | |||||
Type of Tests
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PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
POSITIVES Today
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653 | 166 | 16 | 835 | |
Cumulative POSITIVES
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57,960 | 4,530 | 3,244 | 65,734 | |
NEGATIVE today
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796 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 166 | 962 | |
Cumulative NEGATIVES
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307,713 | 168,972 | 476,685 | ||
TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1449 | 166 | 182 | 1,797 | |
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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365,673 | 4,530 | 172,216 | 542,419 | |
Positivity Rate[1] | 50.7% | ||||
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
Deaths | 18* | 1,483 | |||
Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 172 | |||
Deaths under investigation | 5 | 149 | |||
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
Recovered |
60 | 48,028 | |||
Active Cases |
834* | 15,811 | |||
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
Number in Facility Quarantine | 3 | ||||
Number in Home Quarantine | 47,881 | ||||
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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Number Hospitalised | 728 | ||||
Patients Moderately Ill |
194 | ||||
Patients Severely Ill | 86 | ||||
Patients Critically Ill | 58 | ||||
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 2,929 | |||
Imported | 0 | 1,136 | |||
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,100 | |||
Under Investigation | 834 | 58,333 | |||
Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
DEATHS
- A 56-year-old male from St. Mary.
- An 83-year-old male from St. James.
- A 64-year-old female from St. Ann.
- A 70-year-old male from St. Ann.
- An 88-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 78-year-old female from Clarendon.
- A 74-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 78-year-old male from Clarendon.
- A 75-year-old male from St. Ann.
- A 101-year-old female from St. Ann.
- A 72-year-old female from Trelawny.
- A 66-year-old female from St. Catherine.
- An 83-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 51-year-old female from St. James.
- A 72-year-old female from KSA.
- An 84-year-old male from Westmoreland.
- A 62-year-old male from Portland.
- A 51-year-old female from St. James.
- 17 of the deaths occurred between August 23 and 26.
- One death, which was previously under investigation, occurred on August 16.
*One of the new cases today died.
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