COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, April 20, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, April 21, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		83		44,337
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		37		24,808
Males		46		19,526
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		8 months to 93 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		8		2,435
Hanover		3		1,201
Kingston & St. Andrew		17		12,673
Manchester		1		2,648
Portland		4		1,427
St. Ann		10		2,765
St. Catherine		13		8,735
St. Elizabeth		2		1,763
St. James		8		4,253
St. Mary		0		1,351
St. Thomas		7		1,717
Trelawny		2		1,537
Westmoreland		8		1,832

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	62	12	9		83
Cumulative POSITIVES	40,649	1,489	2,199		44,337
NEGATIVE today	396	All negatives are included in PCR tests	558		954
Cumulative NEGATIVES	221,352		52,855		274,207
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	458	12	567		1,037
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	262,001	1,489	55,054		318,544
Positivity Rate	15.7%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		6*		744
Coincidental Deaths		0		113
Deaths under investigation		2		120
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		108		20,070
Active Cases		23,203
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		17
Number in Home Quarantine		31,304
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		299
Patients Moderately Ill		20
Patients Critically Ill		29
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		22
Home		22,887
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		1		2,399
Imported		0		873
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		1,791
Under Investigation		82		39,038
Workplace Cluster		0		236

DEATHS