NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
Confirmed Cases | 605 | 64,899 | |||
SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
Females | 339 | 36,669 | |||
Males | 266 | 28,227 | |||
Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
AGE RANGE | 6 days to 100 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
Clarendon | 13 | 3,287 | |||
Hanover | 18 | 2,084 | |||
Kingston & St. Andrew | 159 | 16,933 | |||
Manchester | 34 | 4,356 | |||
Portland | 5 | 1,780 | |||
St. Ann | 43 | 4,629 | |||
St. Catherine | 94 | 11,934 | |||
St. Elizabeth | 32 | 2,853 | |||
St. James | 59 | 6,405 | |||
St. Mary | 25 | 1,998 | |||
St. Thomas | 40 | 2,490 | |||
Trelawny | 34 | 2,261 | |||
Westmoreland | 49 | 3,889 | |||
COVID-19 TESTING |
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Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
POSITIVES Today
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529 | 22 | 54 | 605 | |
Cumulative POSITIVES
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57,307 | 4,364 | 3,228 | 64,899 | |
NEGATIVE today
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763 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 907 | 1,670 | |
Cumulative NEGATIVES
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306,917 | 168,806 | 475,723 | ||
TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1292 | 22 | 961 | 2,275 | |
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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364,224 | 4,364 | 172,034 | 540,622 | |
Positivity Rate[1] | 41.9% | ||||
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
Deaths | 12* | 1,465 | |||
Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 172 | |||
Deaths under investigation | 13 | 145 | |||
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
Recovered | 50 | 47,968 | |||
Active Cases | 15,058 | ||||
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 | ||||
Number in Home Quarantine | 46,380 | ||||
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT |
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Number Hospitalised | 739 | ||||
Patients Moderately Ill | 189 | ||||
Severely Ill | 92 | ||||
Patients Critically Ill | 61 | ||||
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
State Facilities | 10 | ||||
Home | 14,276 | ||||
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
Contact of a Confirmed Case | 2 | 2,928 | |||
Imported | 9 | 1,136 | |||
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 3,100 | |||
Under Investigation | 593 | 57,499 | |||
Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 14-25, 2021)
- A 56-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 66-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 41-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 78-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 75-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 76-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 74-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 64-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 77-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 58-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 31-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 48-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing