Clinical Management Summary For Thursday, September 9, 2021
By: , September 10, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 638 | 74,645 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 366 | 42,376 | |||
| Males | 271 | 32,265 | |||
| Under Investigation | 1 | 4 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 1 day to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 24 | 3,846 | |||
| Hanover | 15 | 2,463 | |||
| KSA | 140 | 18,784 | |||
| Manchester | 65 | 5,166 | |||
| Portland | 49 | 2,043 | |||
| St. Ann | 60 | 5,485 | |||
| St. Catherine | 126 | 13,519 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 29 | 3,353 | |||
| St. James | 52 | 7,419 | |||
| St. Mary | 13 | 2,314 | |||
| St. Thomas | 9 | 2,959 | |||
| Trelawny | 34 | 2,754 | |||
| Westmoreland | 22 | 4,540 | |||
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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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493 | 133 | 12 | 638 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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65,460 | 5,617 | 3,568 | 74,645 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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1,108 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 95 | 1,203 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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320,347 | 173,113 | 493,460 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,601 | 133 | 107 | 1,841 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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385,807 | 5,617 | 176,683 | 568,107 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 36.1% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 8 | 1,693 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 175 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 13 | 223 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 104 | 49,335 | |||
| Active Cases | 638 | 23,229 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 41,767 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised | 812 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 138 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 106 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 51 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,049 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 1,189 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,539 | |||
| Under Investigation | 635 | 66,632 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
DEATHS
- A 33 year old female from St. James.
- An 86 year old male from St James.
- A 60 year old male from St Catherine.
- A 79 year old male from KSA.
- A 56 year old male from Westmoreland.
- A 96 year old female from St Catherine.
- A 69 year old female from Manchester.
- An 83 year old female from Manchester.
The deaths occurred between August 10 and September 8.
| Clinical Definitions | |
| Moderately Ill | Require hospitalisation but do not require oxygen supplementation. (Admission may be for non-COVID-19 specific conditions.) |
| Severely Ill | Require hospitalisation and oxygenation support but not high dependency support (highly specialised staff and/or equipment). |
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Critically Ill |
Require hospitalisation, oxygenation support and highly specialised staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing