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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, December 9, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 51 91,652
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 23 52,149
Males 28 39,500
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 7 months to 95 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 0 4,932
Hanover 9 2,984
KSA 8 22,637
Manchester 3 5,975
Portland 0 2,520
St. Ann 7 6,820
St. Catherine 1 17,177
St. Elizabeth 1 4,189
St. James 8 8,927
St. Mary 4 3,034
St. Thomas 0 3,951
Trelawny 1 3,355
Westmoreland 9 5,151
COVID TESTS
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

45 5 1 51
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

80,821 6,907 3,924 91,652
NEGATIVE today

 

458 All negatives are included in PCR tests 120 578
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

391,550 197,440 588,990
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

503 5 121 629
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

472,371 6,907 201,364 680,642
Positivity Rate[1] 9.8%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 2

(Both were previously under investigation)

2,418
Coincidental Deaths 0 191
Deaths Under Investigation 2 343
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 48 63,358
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks   456
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 1  
Number in Home Quarantine 17,363  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 126  
Patients Moderately Ill 27  
Patients Severely Ill 10  
Patients Critically Ill 6  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,154
Imported 0 1,355
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,395
Under Investigation 51 82,512
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. A 71-year-old male from St, James (was previously under investigation)
  2. A 31-year-old female from St. James (was previously under investigation)

The deaths occurred in August and September 11, 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