Clinical Management Summary For Wednesday, August 18, 2021
By: , August 19, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 555 | 59,932 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 328 | 33,742 | |||
| Males | 227 | 26,187 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 45 days to 99 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 34 | 3,077 | |||
| Hanover | 15 | 1,841 | |||
| KSA | 81 | 16,037 | |||
| Manchester | 53 | 3,866 | |||
| Portland | 24 | 1,721 | |||
| St. Ann | 24 | 4,210 | |||
| St. Catherine | 90 | 11,243 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 32 | 2,527 | |||
| St. James | 54 | 5,850 | |||
| St. Mary | 17 | 1,851 | |||
| St. Thomas | 55 | 2,299 | |||
| Trelawny | 35 | 2,002 | |||
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Westmoreland |
41 | 3,408 | |||
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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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380 | 138 | 37 | 555 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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53,364 | 3,559 | 3,009 | 59,932 | |
| NEGATIVE Today
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718 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 911 | 1,629 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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300,739 | 165,404 | 466,143 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,098 | 138 | 948 | 2,184 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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354,103 | 3,559 | 168,413 | 526,075 | |
| Positivity Rate | 41.9% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 3* | 1,342 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 170 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 113 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
29 | 47,599 | |||
|
Active Cases |
555 | 10,617 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 3 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 42,889 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised | 559 | ||||
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Patients Moderately Ill |
100 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
36 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,869 | |||
| Imported | 5 | 1,082 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 3 | 2,962 | |||
| Under Investigation | 547 | 52,783 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*DEATHS
- A 60-year-old female from KSA.
- A 94-year-old male from St. Thomas.
- A 53-year-old female from Clarendon.
The deaths occurred on August 17.