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COVID-19 Update FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021

By: , April 30, 2021
COVID-19 Update FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021
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The Full Story

NEW CASES

24 HRS

OVERALL

Confirmed Cases

199

45,777

SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females

119

25,632

Males

80

20,142

Under Investigation

0

3

AGE RANGE

5 months to 95 years

1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon

15

2,513

Hanover

3

1,218

Kingston & St. Andrew

37

13,025

Manchester

16

2,747

Portland

14

1,479

St. Ann

49

2,920

St. Catherine

30

9,011

St. Elizabeth

10

1,827

St. James

7

4,361

St. Mary

7

1,427

St. Thomas

0

1,774

Trelawny

4

1,580

Westmoreland

7

1,895

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests

PCR

Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities

TOTAL

POSITIVES Today 183 8 8 199
Cumulative POSITIVES 41,916 1,567 2,294 45,777
NEGATIVE today 712 All negatives are included in PCR tests 664 1,376
Cumulative NEGATIVES 227,824 59,105 286,929
TOTAL TESTS TODAY 895 8 672 1,575
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE 269,740 1,567 61,399 332,706
Positivity Rate 21.2%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths

1

779

A 70 year old male from Kingston & St. Andrew.
Coincidental Deaths

3

116

One previously under investigation

Deaths under investigation

6

136

RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered

94

21,153

Active Cases

23,505

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine

8

Number in Home Quarantine

25,632

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised

204

Patients Moderately Ill

15

Patients Critically Ill

22

NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities

0

State Facilities

1

Home

23,287

TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case

0

2,466

Imported

0

902

Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)

0

2,087

Under Investigation

199

40,086

Workplace Cluster

0

236

Last Updated: May 2, 2021