COVID-19 update for Friday, August 6, 2021

August 7, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		315		54,480
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		185		30,509
Males		130		23,968
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		63 days to 93 years		1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		14		2,852
Hanover		18		1,572
KSA		91		14,930
Manchester		5		3,377
Portland		2		1,622
St. Ann		25		3,743
St. Catherine		51		10,474
St. Elizabeth		23		2,261
St. James		41		5,327
St. Mary		1		1,727
St. Thomas		6		2,092
Trelawny		7		1,790
Westmoreland		31		2,713
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	213	83	19		315
Cumulative POSITIVES	49,110	2,550	2,820		54,480
NEGATIVES Today	650	All negatives are included in PCR tests	895		1,545
Cumulative NEGATIVES	291,974		161,029		453,003
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	863	83	914		1,860
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	341,084	2,550	163,849		507,483
Positivity Rate	31.3%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS		24 HRS		OVERALL
Deaths		5*		1,219
Coincidental Deaths		0		166
Deaths under investigation		2		110
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		40		47,192
Active Cases		315		5,702
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		6
Number in Home Quarantine		48,152
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		256
Patients Moderately Ill		56
Patients Critically Ill		28
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		3		2,767
Imported		3		1,051
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		3		2,734
Under Investigation		306		47,692
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*DEATHS