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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, October 15, 2021

Published: October 16, 2021
NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 246 87,232
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 157 49,649
Males 89 37,580
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 13 days to 89 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 23 4,689
Hanover 3 2,829
KSA 71 21,598
Manchester 24 5,810
Portland 7 2,403
St. Ann 9 6,453
St. Catherine 53 16,099
St. Elizabeth 27 3,996
St. James 12 8,568
St. Mary 1 2,816
St. Thomas 11 3,720
Trelawny 4 3,231
Westmoreland 1 5,020
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

 Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

 235 10 1 246
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

 76,916 6,473 3,843 87,232
NEGATIVE today

 

 1,035 All negatives are included in PCR tests 197 1,232
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

 351,831 184,501 536,332
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

 1,270 10 198 1,478
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

 428,747 6,473 188,344 623,564
Positivity Rate[1] 19.1%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 31

(5 were previously under investigation)

 2,103
Coincidental Deaths 2 184
Deaths under investigation 4 322
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 182 55,264
Active Cases 246 29,267
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 35,228  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 370  
Patients Moderately Ill 88  
Patients Severely Ill 44  
Patients Critically Ill 25  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 1 3,105
Imported 1 1,301
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 3,971
Under Investigation 244 78,619
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. A 27-year-old male from Hanover.
  2. A 59-year-old female from Hanover.
  3. A 65-year-old female from Hanover.
  4. A 68-year-old female from Hanover.
  5. A 64-year-old female from Trelawny (was under investigation).
  6. A 76-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
  7. A 48-year-old female from St. James.
  8. An 83-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
  9. A 51-year-old female from St. James.
  10. A 41-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
  11. An 83-year-old male from St. Ann.
  12. A 65-year-old male from St. James.
  13. A 71-year-old female from Hanover.
  14. An 80-year-old male from St. James.
  15. A 49-year-old male from Trelawny.
  16. A 45-year-old female from St. Ann (was under investigation).
  17. A 31-year-old female from St. James.
  18. A 74-year-old female from Trelawny.
  19. A 56-year-old male from Hanover.
  20. A 42-year-old female from Hanover.
  21. An 82-year-old female from Hanover.
  22. A 61-year-old female from Hanover.
  23. A 76-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
  24. A 62-year-old female from St. Ann.
  25. A 66-year-old female from St. James.
  26. A 78-year-old female from Hanover.
  27. An 88-year-old female from KSA.
  28. An 89-year-old female from
  29. A 75-year-old male from KSA.
  30. An 81-year-old female from Manchester.
  31. An 80-year-old female from

 

The deaths occurred between August 11 and October 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