COVID-19 Update for Friday, October 16, 2020

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, October 17, 2020

The Full Story

NEW CASES	24 HRS	OVERALL	NOTES
Confirmed Cases	63	8,195
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Males	24	3683
Females	37	4494
Under Investigation	2	18
AGE RANGE	3 months to 85 years	1 day to 104 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon	5	439
Hanover	5	108
KSA	24	2,963
Manchester	2	352
Portland	0	293
St. Ann	4	347
St. Catherine	2	1,831
St. Elizabeth	1	248
St. James	13	722
St. Mary	1	201
St. Thomas	0	384
Trelawny	1	120
Westmoreland	5	187
COVID-19 TESTING
New Samples Tested	645	87,976
Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours	0
Results Positive	63	8,195
Results Negative	582	79,716
Results Pending	0	65
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths	6	168	Details below the table
Coincidental Deaths	1	11	74-year-old male of a Manchester address died post-surgery for condition unrelated to COVID-19
Deaths under investigation	0	23
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered	0	3,653
Active Cases	63	4,265
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine	2
Number in Home Quarantine	23,062
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised	175
Patients Moderately Ill	38
Patients Critically Ill	9
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Imported	0	490
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked)	0	591
Contacts of Confirmed Cases	0	918
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster	0	236
Under Investigation	63	5,960

There are (6) newly categorised COVID-19-related deaths. The deceased are:

1. An 83-year-old female of a St. Catherine address.

2. A 58-year-old male of a Westmoreland address.

3. A 95-year-old male of a Clarendon address.

4. An 87-year-old male of a Kingston and St. Andrew address.

5. A 71-year-old female of a St. Catherine address.

6. A 52-year-old male of a St. Catherine address.