Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 97 | 90,467 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 49 | 51,454 | ||
| Males | 48 | 39,010 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,879 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 2,922 | ||
| KSA | 24 | 22,364 | ||
| Manchester | 5 | 5,946 | ||
| Portland | 5 | 2,508 | ||
| St. Ann | 7 | 6,686 | ||
| St. Catherine | 26 | 16,969 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 4,164 | ||
| St. James | 4 | 8,770 | ||
| St. Mary | 2 | 2,940 | ||
| St. Thomas | 16 | 3,910 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,327 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,082 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
85 | 10 | 2 | 97 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
79,797 | 6,765 | 3,905 | 90,467 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
709 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 177 | 886 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
376,218 | 193,867 | 570,085 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
794 | 10 | 179 | 983 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
456,069 | 6,765 | 197,772 | 660,606 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 11.8% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 12
(1 was previously under investigation) |
2,343 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 346 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 175 | 61,313 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | – | 912 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 43,740 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 175 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 33 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 29 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 7 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 2 | 3,136 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,331 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,293 | ||
| Under Investigation | 94 | 81,471 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- An 81-year-old male from Westmoreland (was under investigation).
- A 76-year-old male from St. James.
- A 50-year-old female from Manchester.
- A 70-year-old female from Manchester.
- A 77-year-old female from St. James.
- An 82-year-old female from KSA.
- An 85-year-old female from Manchester.
- A 97-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- A 55-year-old female from St. Thomas.
- A 68-year-old male from KSA.
- A 76-year-old male from Manchester.
- A 54-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
The deaths occurred between August 20 and November 16, 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