COVID19 Update for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
By: , February 25, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |
| Confirmed Cases | 248 | 22,267 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 111 | 9,882 | |
| Females | 130 | 12,375 | |
| Under Investigation | 7 | 10 | |
| AGE RANGE | 4 months to 97 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 33 | 1,297 | |
| Hanover | 6 | 583 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 91 | 6,301 | |
| Manchester | 7 | 1,558 | |
| Portland | 2 | 509 | |
| St. Ann | 7 | 1,443 | |
| St. Catherine | 46 | 4,304 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 5 | 789 | |
| St. James | 15 | 2,376 | |
| St. Mary | 9 | 608 | |
| St. Thomas | 15 | 760 | |
| Trelawny | 10 | 778 | |
|
Westmoreland
|
2 | 961 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
918 | 199,9893 | 3 includes 2,312 Antigen Tests |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
5 | – | |
| Results Positive
|
248^ | 22,2671 | ^ includes 77 Antigen Tests
1includes 463 Antigen Tests |
| Results Negative
|
747 | 177,7102 | 2 includes 1,849 Antigen Tests |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 12 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
4* | 410 | |
| Coincidental Deaths
|
3 | 84 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 50 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
66 | 13,173 | |
|
Active Cases
|
8,466 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
16 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
21,855 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
275 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
34 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
21 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 40 | ||
| Home | 8,152 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 664 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,176 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,976 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 248 | 18,215 |
*DEATHS
Four (4) deaths were classified as COVID-related deaths:
- A 57 years old male from St. Catherine.
- A 66 years old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 57 years old female from St. James.
- A 103 years old female from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation.