COVID-19 Update for Friday, November 5, 2021
By: , November 6, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 121 | 89,587 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 79 | 50,960 | ||
| Males | 42 | 38,624 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 46 days- 89 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 5 | 4,842 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 2,897 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 30 | 22,135 | ||
| Manchester | 7 | 5,919 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,489 | ||
| St. Ann | 3 | 6,608 | ||
| St. Catherine | 45 | 16,731 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 22 | 4,131 | ||
| St. James | 2 | 8,723 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 2,897 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,839 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,311 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,065 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| 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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115 | 4 | 2 | 121 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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79,023 | 6,679 | 3,885 | 89,587 |
| NEGATIVE today
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544 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 360 | 904 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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366,687 | 191,062 | 557,749 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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659 | 4 | 362 | 1,025 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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445,710 | 6,679 | 194,947 | 647,336 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 17.9% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 2* | 2,274 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 188 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 3 | 339 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 179 | 58,901 | ||
| Active Cases | 27,793 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 38,972 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 246 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 39 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 25 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 12 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Home | 27,431 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,129 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,322 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,202 | ||
| Under Investigation | 121 | 80,698 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- A 86-year-old male from St Ann
- A 91-year-old male from Trelawny
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing