COVID-19 Update for Friday, December 24, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 158 | 92,513 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 85 | 52,631 | ||
| Males | 72 | 39,878 | ||
| Under Investigation | 1 | 4 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 months to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,949 | ||
| Hanover | 6 | 3,032 | ||
| KSA | 96 | 22,885 | ||
| Manchester | 1 | 6,005 | ||
| Portland | 3 | 2,528 | ||
| St. Ann | 9 | 6,941 | ||
| St. Catherine | 19 | 17,272 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,212 | ||
| St. James | 9 | 9,095 | ||
| St. Mary | 4 | 3,075 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,971 | ||
| Trelawny | 3 | 3,373 | ||
| Westmoreland | 7 | 5,175 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
135 | 14 | 9 | 158 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,581 | 6,976 | 3,956 | 92,513 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,010 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 213 | 1,223 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
405,515 | 200,390 | 605,905 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,145 | 14 | 222 | 1,381 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
487,096 | 6,976 | 204,346 | 698,418 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 12.9% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 0 | 2,462 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 194 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 1 | 348 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 150 | 64,882 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | – | 525 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,374 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 92 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 23 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 5 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,169 | ||
| Imported | 33 | 1,514 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,437 | ||
| Under Investigation | 125 | 83,157 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing