Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, December 15, 2021
By: , December 16, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 59 | 91,927 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 26 | 52,301 | ||
| Males | 33 | 39,623 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,939 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 3,000 | ||
| KSA | 23 | 22,684 | ||
| Manchester | 5 | 5,989 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,522 | ||
| St. Ann | 6 | 6,869 | ||
| St. Catherine | 5 | 17,211 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 7 | 4,203 | ||
| St. James | 8 | 8,976 | ||
| St. Mary | 0 | 3,051 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,955 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,363 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,165 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
52 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,065 | 6,933 | 3,929 | 91,927 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,654 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 259 | 1,913 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
397,308 | 198,486 | 595,794 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,706 | 7 | 259 | 1,972 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
478,373 | 6,933 | 202,415 | 687,721 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 3.4% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1 | 2,433 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 4 | 351 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 29 | 63,624 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 484 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 16,141 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 103 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 16 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 15 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,158 | ||
| Imported | 2 | 1,370 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,412 | ||
| Under Investigation | 57 | 82,751 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATH
- A 70-year-old male from St. James.
The death occurred on November 15, 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 specialized staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing