Clinical Management Summary For Monday, August 30, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 729 | 68,131 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 436 | 38,559 | |||
| Males | 293 | 29,569 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 days to 99 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 44 | 3,452 | |||
| Hanover | 43 | 2,247 | |||
| KSA | 116 | 17,498 | |||
| Manchester | 22 | 4,610 | |||
| Portland | 20 | 1,860 | |||
| St. Ann | 2 | 4,917 | |||
| St. Catherine | 98 | 12,391 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 43 | 3,045 | |||
| St. James | 141 | 6,803 | |||
| St. Mary | 37 | 2,145 | |||
| St. Thomas | 39 | 2,585 | |||
| Trelawny | 48 | 2,412 | |||
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Westmoreland |
76 | 4,166 | |||
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||||
| 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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633 | 88 | 8 | 729 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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60,015 | 4,806 | 3,310 | 68,131 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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794 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 77 | 871 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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310,274 | 169,791 | 480,065 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,427 | 88 | 85 | 1,600 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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370,289 | 4,806 | 173,101 | 548,196 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 721/1,515 = 47.6% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 8 | 1,518 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 172 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 5 | 160 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 123 | 48,309 | |||
| Active Cases | 729 | 17,881 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 11 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 49,105 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised | 767 | ||||
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Patients Moderately Ill |
192 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 88 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 60 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,955 | |||
| Imported | 9 | 1,150 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,339 | |||
| Under Investigation | 720 | 60,451 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
DEATHS
- A 41-year-old female from KSA.
- A 68-year-old male from St. Catherine.
- A 59-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 67-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 73-year-old male from Westmoreland.
- A 70-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 77-year-old female from KSA.
- A 58-year-old male from KSA.
The deaths occurred between August 27 and 29.
| 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