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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, October 20, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 74 87,797
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 36 49,947
Males 38 37,847
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 3 months to 87 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 22 4,741
Hanover 0 2,844
KSA 14 21,738
Manchester 9 5,832
Portland 1 2,424
St. Ann 1 6,475
St. Catherine 15 16,239
St. Elizabeth 2 4,023
St. James 3 8,607
St. Mary 4 2,839
St. Thomas 0 3,752
Trelawny 3 3,254
Westmoreland 0 5,029
COVID-19 TESTING    
COVID TESTS

 

Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

62 6 6 74
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

77,431 6,514 3,852 87,797
NEGATIVE today

 

502 All negatives are included in PCR tests 294 796
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

354,967 186,155 541,122
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

564 6 300 870
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

432,398 6,514 190,007 628,919
Positivity Rate[1] 11.9%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 4 2,133
Coincidental Deaths 1 186
Deaths under investigation 0 321
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 160 56,106
Active Cases 74 28,959
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 37,205  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 360  
Patients Moderately Ill 67  
Patients Severely Ill 39  
Patients Critically Ill 23  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,114
Imported 0 1,307
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,053
Under Investigation 74 79,087
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. An 89-year-old male from Manchester.
  2. A 76-year-old male from St. Catherine.
  3. A 74-year-old female from St. Mary.
  4. A 72-year-old male from St. Ann.

The deaths occurred between October 17 and October 19, 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