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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, October 1, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 348 84,417
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 196 48,010
Males 152 36,404
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 51 days to 93 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 18 4,492
Hanover 9 2,739
KSA 104 20,905
Manchester 17 5,697
Portland 12 2,304
St. Ann 27 6,271
St. Catherine 61 15,449
St. Elizabeth 16 3,846
St. James 18 8,323
St. Mary 29 2,733
St. Thomas 3 3,583
Trelawny 18 3,138
Westmoreland 16 4,937
COVID-19 TESTING    
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

329 17 2 348
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

74,389 6,253 3,775 84,417
NEGATIVE today

 

980 All negatives are included in PCR tests 473 1,453
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

339,606 179,984 519,590
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,309 17 475 1,801
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

413,995 6,253 183,759 604,007
Positivity Rate[1] 26.1%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 7 1,884
Coincidental Deaths 0 178
Deaths under investigation 0 317
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 152 53,100
Active Cases 348 28,846
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 39,804  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalied 560  
Patients Moderately Ill 114  
Patients Severely Ill 81  
Patients Critically Ill 41  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,075
Imported 2 1,256
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 3,590
Under Investigation                       346 76,260
Workplace Cluster 0 236
           

 

DEATHS

  1. A 53 year old male from Trelawny.
  2. An 84 year old male from St. Elizabeth.
  3. A 92 year old female from St. Elizabeth.
  4. A 51 year old female from St. Elizabeth.
  5. A 73 year old male from St. Elizabeth.
  6. A 71 year old female from St. Elizabeth.
  7. A 65 year old male from St. Elizabeth.

The deaths occurred between August 23 and September 25, 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