COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 8, 2021
By: , September 9, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 511 | 74,007 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 302 | 42,010 | |||
| Males | 209 | 31,994 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 104 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 56 | 3,822 | |||
| Hanover | 5 | 2,448 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 130 | 18,644 | |||
| Manchester | 34 | 5,101 | |||
| Portland | 0 | 1,994 | |||
| St. Ann | 35 | 5,425 | |||
| St. Catherine | 100 | 13,393 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 32 | 3,324 | |||
| St. James | 26 | 7,367 | |||
| St. Mary | 5 | 2,301 | |||
| St. Thomas | 64 | 2,950 | |||
| Trelawny | 4 | 2,720 | |||
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Westmoreland |
20 | 4,518 | |||
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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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465 | 30 | 16 | 511 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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64,967 | 5,484 | 3,556 | 74,007 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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1,028 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 163 | 1,191 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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319,239 | 173,018 | 492,257 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,493 | 30 | 179 | 1,702 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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384,206 | 5,484 | 176,576 | 566,266 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 32.5% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 19* | 1,685 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
1 | 174 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 5 | 210 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
96 | 49,231 | |||
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Active Cases |
22,615 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 45,997 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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740 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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149 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill
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124 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
52 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 6 | ||||
| Home | 21,829 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,049 | |||
| Imported | 4 | 1,186 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,539 | |||
| Under Investigation | 507 | 65,997 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 11-September 7, 2021)
- An 80-year-old Male from Manchester
- An 89-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 19-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 50-year-old Male from Manchester
- An 80-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 53-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 77-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 70-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 56-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 46-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- An 84-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 76-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- An 80-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 60-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 64-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 91-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 56-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 57-year-old Female from St. James
- A 71-year-old Male from Trelawny
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing