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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, August 8, 2021

Published: August 09, 2021

 

NEW CASES  24 HRS  OVERALL 
Confirmed Cases  281  55,140 
SEX CLASSIFICATION     
Females  167  30,908 
Males  114  24,229 
Under Investigation  0  3 
AGE RANGE  80 days to 96 years  1 day to 108 years 
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     
Clarendon  5  2,864 
Hanover  11  1,613 
KSA  73  15,071 
Manchester  51  3,464 
Portland  10  1,635 
St. Ann  15  3,813 
St. Catherine  40  10,577 
St. Elizabeth  16  2,278 
St. James  14  5,384 
St. Mary  6  1,744 
St. Thomas  1  2,098 
Trelawny  8  1,804 
 

Westmoreland 

 31  2,795 
 

COVID-19 TESTING 
Type of Tests  PCR  Antigen Tests from Public Facilities 

 

 Antigen Tests from Private Facilities  TOTAL 
POSITIVES Today 

 

 204  62  15  281 
Cumulative POSITIVES 

 

 49,588  2,717  2,835  55,140 
NEGATIVE today 

 

 612  All negatives are included in PCR tests  467  1,079 
Cumulative NEGATIVES 

 

 293,210  161,496  454,706 
TOTAL TESTS TODAY 

 

 816  62  482  1,360 
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE 

 

 342,798  2,717  164,331  509,846 
Positivity Rate  30.3%     
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS  24 HRS  OVERALL 
Deaths  9*  1,231 
 

Coincidental Deaths 

 0  166 
Deaths under investigation  0   110 
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES     
Recovered  39  47,270 
 

Active Cases 

 281    6,272 
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT     
Number in Facility Quarantine  7   
Number in Home Quarantine  43,705   
 

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT 

 

    
Number Hospitalised  270   
 

Patients Moderately Ill 

 66   
Patients Critically Ill  34   
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES     
Contact of a Confirmed Case  0  2,769 
Imported  2  1,053 
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)  0  2,748 
Under Investigation  279  48,334 
Workplace Cluster  0  236 

 

 

*DEATHS 

  1. A 57-year-old male from KSA. 
  1. A 48-year-old female from St. Ann. 
  1. An 84-year-old female from KSA. 
  1. A 40-year-old female from St. Elizabeth. 
  1. A 60-year-old male from KSA. 
  1. A 50-year-old male from St. Elizabeth. 
  1. A 74-year-old male from KSA. 
  1. A 62-year-old female from KSA. 
  1. A 97-year-old female from KSA. 

Note: 2 deaths were previously under investigation.