Two Jamaican males, ages 39 and 40 are the latest confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica. These two bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 659.
The two new cases are imported, having arrived in the island recently from Dallas, Texas, USA. One is of a Clarendon address, while the other has an address of residence in Trelawny.
Also in the last 24 hours, the island has seen a record number of recoveries with 54 more patients recovered and released from isolation. The country’s recovery rate now stands at 78.3% with a total of 516 patients recovered and released from care.
The new cases bring to 155 the number of imported cases, while 222 cases are contacts of confirmed cases; 39 are local transmission cases not epidemiologically linked and 236 are related to a workplace cluster. There are also seven cases under investigation.
Some 380 (58%) of all confirmed cases are females and 279 (42%) are males. They range in age from 2 months to 87 years.
There are now 133 (20.2%) active cases under observation with one critically ill and one moderately ill patient.
Clinical Management Update as at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, 2020.
|
Total Samples Tested |
20,434 |
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New samples tested in the last 24 hours |
274 |
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Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours |
3 |
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Results Positive |
659 |
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Results Negative |
19,715 |
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Results Pending |
60 |
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Deceased |
10 |
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Recovered |
516 |
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Number in Facility Quarantine |
299 |
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Number in Home Quarantine |
1,827 |
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Number in Hospital (Including suspected positive COVID-19 cases) |
17 |
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Persons Moderately Ill |
1 |
|
Persons Critically Ill |
1 |
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Persons in Facility Isolation |
12 |
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Persons in Home Isolation |
104 |
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Persons in Transitional Facilities |
0 |