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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Saturday, December 18, 2021

 

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 34 9,2052
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 19 52,365
Males 15 39,684
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 4 years to 91 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 3 4,944
Hanover 1 3,001
KSA 7 22,716
Manchester 0 5,997
Portland 1 2,523
St. Ann 4 6,885
St. Catherine 3 17,232
St. Elizabeth 1 4,205
St. James 7 8,997
St. Mary 5 3,057
St. Thomas 0 3,961
Trelawny 1 3,365
Westmoreland 1 5,169
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

32 2 0 34
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

81,182 6,938 3,932 92,052
NEGATIVE today

 

1,288 All negatives are included in PCR tests 323 1,611
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

400,600 199,210 599,810
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,320 2 323 1,645
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

481,782 6,938 203,142 691,862
Positivity Rate[1] 2.6%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 2 2,446
Coincidental Deaths 0 192
Deaths Under Investigation 0 348
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 151 63,861
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks   428
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 1  
Number in Home Quarantine 18,471  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 98  
Patients Moderately Ill 19  
Patients Severely Ill 13  
Patients Critically Ill 5  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,165
Imported 6 1,393
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,419
Under Investigation 28 82,839
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

 

  1. A 77-year-old male from Kingston and St. Andrew.

 

  1. A 71-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.

 

The deaths occurred on December 16, 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