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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, December 17, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 46 92,018
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 21 52,346
Males 25 39,669
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 1 year to 83 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 2 4,941
Hanover 0 3,000
KSA 22 22,709
Manchester 1 5,997
Portland 0 2,522
St. Ann 3 6,881
St. Catherine 10 17,229
St. Elizabeth 1 4,204
St. James 4 8,990
St. Mary 1 3,052
St. Thomas 2 3,961
Trelawny 0 3,364
Westmoreland 0 5,168
COVID TESTS

 

Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

42 3 1 46
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

81,150 6,936 3,932 92,018
NEGATIVE today

 

1,036 All negatives are included in PCR tests 218 1,254
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

399,312 198,887 598,199
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,078 3 219 1,300
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

480,462 6,936 202,819 690,217
Positivity Rate[1] 4.2%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 3

(2 were previously under investigation)

2,444
Coincidental Deaths 1

(was previously under investigation)

192
Deaths Under Investigation 0 348
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 49 63,710
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks   461
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 1  
Number in Home Quarantine 18,303  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 107  
Patients Moderately Ill 23  
Patients Severely Ill 11  
Patients Critically Ill 3  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,165
Imported 10 1,387
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,419
Under Investigation 36 82,811
Workplace Cluster 0 236

DEATHS

  1. A 54-year-old female from Hanover (previously under investigation).
  2. An 87-year-old female from St. Catherine (previously under investigation).
  3. A 67-year-old female from Clarendon.

The deaths occurred between October 25 and December 13, 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 specialised staff and/or equipment.

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing