COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 2, 2021
By: , September 3, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 735 | 69,789 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 397 | 39,454 | |||
| Males | 338 | 30,332 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 12 days to 93 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 61 | 3,561 | |||
| Hanover | 22 | 2,297 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 129 | 17,889 | |||
| Manchester | 106 | 4,804 | |||
| Portland | 6 | 1,883 | |||
| St. Ann | 126 | 5,077 | |||
| St. Catherine | 107 | 12,634 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 7 | 3,085 | |||
| St. James | 70 | 6,972 | |||
| St. Mary | 17 | 2,172 | |||
| St. Thomas | 14 | 2,667 | |||
| Trelawny | 35 | 2,487 | |||
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Westmoreland |
35 | 4,261 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
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589 | 101 | 45 | 735 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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61,318 | 5,036 | 3,435 | 69,789 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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978 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 324 | 1,302 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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312,498 | 170,730 | 483,228 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,567 | 101 | 369 | 2,037 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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373,816 | 5,036 | 174,165 | 553,017 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 41.4% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 17* | 1,585 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 173 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 4 | 173 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
87 | 48,580 | |||
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Active Cases |
19,187 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 45,289 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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728 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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199 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 121 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
51 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 5 | ||||
| Home | 18,416 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 4 | 2,978 | |||
| Imported | 2 | 1,153 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,396 | |||
| Under Investigation | 729 | 62,026 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 17-31, 2021)
- A 79-year-old Male from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 76-year-old Male from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 69-year-old Male from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 25-year-old Female from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- An 83-year-old Male from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 50-year-old Male from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 64-year-old Male from St. James
- A 45-year-old Male from St. James
- A 78-year-old Female from St. James
- A 71-year-old Female from St. James
- A 65-year-old Male from Hanover
- A 53-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 31-year-old Female from Portland
- A 67-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 51-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 75-year-old Female from St. Thomas
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Thomas
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing