COVID-19 Update for Saturday, November 6, 2021
By: , November 7, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 94 | 89,681 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 54 | 51,014 | ||
| Males | 40 | 38,664 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 49 days to 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 5 | 4,847 | ||
| Hanover | 2 | 2,899 | ||
| KSA | 16 | 22,151 | ||
| Manchester | 3 | 5,922 | ||
| Portland | 4 | 2,493 | ||
| St. Ann | 2 | 6,610 | ||
| St. Catherine | 25 | 16,756 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 7 | 4,138 | ||
| St. James | 13 | 8,736 | ||
| St. Mary | 4 | 2,901 | ||
| St. Thomas | 8 | 3,847 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,313 | ||
| Westmoreland | 3 | 5,068 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
75 | 17 | 2 | 94 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
79,098 | 6,696 | 3,887 | 89,681 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
978 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 259 | 1,237 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
367,665 | 191,321 | 558,986 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1053 | 17 | 261 | 1,331 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
446,763 | 6,696 | 195,208 | 648,667 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 8.6% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1 | 2,275 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 189 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 339 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 138 | 59,039 | ||
| Active Cases | 94 | 27,747 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 39,132 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 232 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 41 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 21 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 11 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,129 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,322 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,202 | ||
| Under Investigation | 94 | 80,792 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATH
A 63-year-old female from St. Catherine. The death occurred on Nov. 5, 2021.
| 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). |
|
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