| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 37 | 92,089 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 21 | 52,386 | ||
| Males | 16 | 39,700 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 82 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,945 | ||
| Hanover | 2 | 3,003 | ||
| KSA | 8 | 22,724 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,997 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,523 | ||
| St. Ann | 6 | 6,891 | ||
| St. Catherine | 2 | 17,234 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,206 | ||
| St. James | 15 | 9,012 | ||
| St. Mary | 0 | 3,057 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,961 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,367 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,169 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
32 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,214 | 6,941 | 3,934 | 92,089 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
615 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 148 | 763 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
401,215 | 199,358 | 600,573 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
647 | 3 | 150 | 800 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
482,429 | 6,941 | 203,292 | 692,662 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 5.4% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 3 | 2,449 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 192 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 348 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 143 | 64,004 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 435 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 18,346 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 96 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 21 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 11 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,165 | ||
| Imported | 6 | 1,399 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,422 | ||
| Under Investigation | 31 | 82,867 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- A 48-year-old male from Kingston and St. Andrew.
- A 78-year-old male from St. Mary.
- An 81-year-old female from St. Mary.
The deaths occurred between December 16 and 18, 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