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COVID-19 Update for Friday, October 16, 2020

By: , October 17, 2020
COVID-19 Update for Friday, October 16, 2020
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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

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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.

Last Updated: October 18, 2020

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