COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Friday, October 15, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 246 | 87,232 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 157 | 49,649 | ||
| Males | 89 | 37,580 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 13 days to 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 23 | 4,689 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 2,829 | ||
| KSA | 71 | 21,598 | ||
| Manchester | 24 | 5,810 | ||
| Portland | 7 | 2,403 | ||
| St. Ann | 9 | 6,453 | ||
| St. Catherine | 53 | 16,099 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 27 | 3,996 | ||
| St. James | 12 | 8,568 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,816 | ||
| St. Thomas | 11 | 3,720 | ||
| Trelawny | 4 | 3,231 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,020 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
235 | 10 | 1 | 246 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
76,916 | 6,473 | 3,843 | 87,232 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,035 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 197 | 1,232 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
351,831 | 184,501 | 536,332 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,270 | 10 | 198 | 1,478 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
428,747 | 6,473 | 188,344 | 623,564 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 19.1% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 31
(5 were previously under investigation) |
2,103 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 2 | 184 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 4 | 322 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 182 | 55,264 | ||
| Active Cases | 246 | 29,267 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 35,228 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 370 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 88 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 44 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 25 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,105 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,301 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,971 | ||
| Under Investigation | 244 | 78,619 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- A 27-year-old male from
- A 59-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 65-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 68-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 64-year-old female from Trelawny (was under investigation).
- A 76-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
- A 48-year-old female from St. James.
- An 83-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
- A 51-year-old female from St. James.
- A 41-year-old female from St. James (was under investigation).
- An 83-year-old male from St. Ann.
- A 65-year-old male from St. James.
- A 71-year-old female from Hanover.
- An 80-year-old male from St. James.
- A 49-year-old male from Trelawny.
- A 45-year-old female from St. Ann (was under investigation).
- A 31-year-old female from St. James.
- A 74-year-old female from Trelawny.
- A 56-year-old male from Hanover.
- A 42-year-old female from Hanover.
- An 82-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 61-year-old female from Hanover.
- A 76-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- A 62-year-old female from St. Ann.
- A 66-year-old female from St. James.
- A 78-year-old female from Hanover.
- An 88-year-old female from KSA.
- An 89-year-old female from
- A 75-year-old male from KSA.
- An 81-year-old female from Manchester.
- An 80-year-old female from
The deaths occurred between August 11 and October 14, 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