COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, December 7, 2021
By: , December 8, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 24 | 91,578 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 15 | 52,112 | ||
| Males | 9 | 39,463 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 years to 92 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 4,932 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 2,974 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 10 | 22,624 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,972 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,520 | ||
| St. Ann | 3 | 6,813 | ||
| St. Catherine | 1 | 17,171 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,187 | ||
| St. James | 1 | 8,915 | ||
| St. Mary | 5 | 3,030 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,945 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,354 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,141 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
19 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,757 | 6,898 | 3,923 | 91,578 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
444 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 214 | 658 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
390,587 | 197,212 | 587,799 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
463 | 5 | 214 | 682 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
471,344 | 6,898 | 201,135 | 679,377 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 5.1% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 4* | 2,415 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 344 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 37 | 63,260 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 524 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 19,584 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 132 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 23 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 12 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 9 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 3 | |||
| Home | 25,125 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,150 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,355 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,396 | ||
| Under Investigation | 23 | 82,441 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- A 60-year-old male from St. Catherine
- An 81-year-old male from Catherine
- A 73-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 89-year-old male from Ann
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing
