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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, December 16, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 45 91,972
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 24 52,325
Males 21 39,644
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 1 year to 88 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 0 4,939
Hanover 0 3,000
KSA 9 22,687
Manchester 7 5,996
Portland 0 2,522
St. Ann 7 6,878
St. Catherine 7 17,219
St. Elizabeth 0 4,203
St. James 9 8,986
St. Mary 0 3,051
St. Thomas 4 3,959
Trelawny 1 3,364
Westmoreland 1 5,168
COVID TESTS

 

Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

43 0 2 45
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

81,108 6,933 3,931 91,972
NEGATIVE today

 

968 All negatives are included in PCR tests 183 1,151
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

398,276 198,669 596,945
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,011 0 185 1,196
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

479,384 6,933 202,600 688,917
Positivity Rate[1] 4.3%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 8 2,441
Coincidental Deaths 0 191
Deaths Under Investigation 0 351
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 37 63,661
     
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks 487
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 17,321  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalized 104  
Patients Moderately Ill 19  
Patients Severely Ill 14  
Patients Critically Ill 2  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,165
Imported 2 1,377
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,419
Under Investigation 43 82,775
Workplace Cluster 0 236

Deaths

  1. A 67-year-old male from Manchester.
  2. An 85-year-old male from Hanover.
  3. An 81-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
  4. An 88-year-old female from St. James.
  5. A 72-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
  6. A 93-year-old female from Portland.
  7. A 92-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
  8. A 95-year-old male from St. Mary.

The deaths occurred between August 24 and December 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