As at Sunday (June 21), 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 |
| New samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
274 |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
3 |
| Results Positive
|
659 |
| Results Negative
|
19,715 |
| Results Pending
|
60 |
| Deceased
|
10 |
| Recovered
|
516 |
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
299 |
| Number in Home Quarantine | 1,827 |
| Number in Hospital
(Including suspected positive COVID-19 cases)
|
17 |
| Persons Moderately Ill
|
1 |
| Persons Critically Ill
|
1 |
| Persons in Facility Isolation | 12 |
| Persons in Home Isolation
|
104 |
| Persons in Transitional Facilities | 0 |
Jamaica Information Service 