COVID-19 Update for Friday, May 21, 2021
By: , May 22, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 123 | 47,899 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 72 | 26,788 | |||
| Males | 51 | 21,108 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 6 months to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 6 | 2,608 | |||
| Hanover | 10 | 1,286 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 27 | 13,435 | |||
| Manchester | 6 | 2,870 | |||
| Portland | 1 | 1,543 | |||
| St. Ann | 9 | 3,099 | |||
| St. Catherine | 18 | 9,442 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 11 | 1,931 | |||
| St. James | 16 | 4,563 | |||
| St. Mary | 8 | 1,539 | |||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 1,901 | |||
| Trelawny | 9 | 1,639 | |||
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Westmoreland |
2 | 2,043 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
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118 | 3 | 2 | 123 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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43,771 | 1,764 | 2,364 | 47,899 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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799 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 1,270 | 2,069 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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242,623 | 74,029 | 316,652 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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917 | 3 | 1,272 | 2,192 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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286,394 | 1,764 | 76,393 | 364,551 | |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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13.2% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 8*
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912 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
1 |
134 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 6 | 146 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
110 | 23,852 | |||
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Active Cases |
22,765 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 5 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 28,765 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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159 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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40 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill
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11 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 5 | ||||
| Home | 22,598 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 2,548 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 932 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 2 | 2,297 | |||
| Under Investigation | 120 | 41,886 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing
*COVID-RELATED DEATHS:
- A 71-year-old male from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation
- A 66-year-old female from St. James
- A 74-year-old male from St. James
- A 67-year-old male from St. James
- A 91-year-old female from St. James
- An 84-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 86-year-old female from Westmoreland
A 92-year-old female from Westmoreland