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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Thursday, October 28, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 109 88,775
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 69 50,492
Males 40 38,280
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 18 days to 89 years 1 day to 108 years
     
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 8 4,795
Hanover 4 2,877
Kingston & St. Andrew 29 21,954
Manchester 4 5,863
Portland 0 2,465
St. Ann 19 6,553
St. Catherine 17 16,511
St. Elizabeth 5 4,073
St. James 8 8,675
St. Mary 6 2,864
St. Thomas 5 3,809
Trelawny 3 3,292
Westmoreland 1 5,044
     
     
     
COVID-19 TESTING    
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

98 8 3 109
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

78,298 6,602 3,875 88,775
NEGATIVE today

 

760 All negatives are included in PCR tests 357 1,117
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

361,434 188,890 550,324
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

858 8 360 1,226
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

439,732 6,602 192,765 639,099
Positivity Rate[1] 12.2%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 18* 2,217
Coincidental Deaths 0 187
Deaths under investigation 4 331
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 189 57,551
Active Cases  28,397  
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 43,301  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalized 291  
Patients Moderately Ill 63  
Patients Severely Ill 22  
Patients Critically Ill 18  
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION    
Step Down Facilities 0  
State Facilities 0  
Home 28,089  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,115
Imported 0 1,316
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 4 4,088
Under Investigation 105 80,020
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (March 11 – October 27, 2021)

  • A 68-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation
  • A 55-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
  • A 32-year-old Female from Westmoreland
  • A 73-year-old Female from Westmoreland
  • A 56-year-old Female from Hanover
  • An 84-year-old Female from St. James
  • An 88-year-old Female from St. James
  • An 86-year-old Male from St. James
  • A 37-year-old Female from St. James
  • A 62-year-old Female from St. James
  • A 51-year-old Male from St. James
  • A 57-year-old Female from St. James
  • An 82-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
  • A 44-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
  • A 73-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
  • A 77-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth   
  • An 81-year-old Male from St. Catherine
  • A 67-year-old Female from St. Catherine

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing