COVID-19 Update for Friday, September 17, 2021
By: , September 18, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 537 | 79,127 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 321 | 44,980 | |||
| Males | 216 | 34,142 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 5 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 6 days to 90 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 37 | 4,162 | |||
| Hanover | 15 | 2,614 | |||
| KSA | 107 | 19,666 | |||
| Manchester | 27 | 5,440 | |||
| Portland | 9 | 2,138 | |||
| St. Ann | 46 | 5,876 | |||
| St. Catherine | 126 | 14,289 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 40 | 3,609 | |||
| St. James | 56 | 7,883 | |||
| St. Mary | 24 | 2,510 | |||
| St. Thomas | 7 | 3,251 | |||
| Trelawny | 22 | 2,948 | |||
| Westmoreland | 21 | 4,741 | |||
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
|
457 | 55 | 25 | 537 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
69,496 | 5,948 | 3,683 | 79,127 | |
| NEGATIVE today
|
846 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 1,110 | 1,956 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
327,001 | 176,301 | 503,302 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,303 | 55 | 1,135 | 2,493 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
396,497 | 5,948 | 179,984 | 582,429 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 37.7% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Deaths | 5 | 1,777 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 177 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 262 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| ,Recovered | 146 | 50,641 | |||
| Active Cases | 537 | 26,178 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 6 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 41,546 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalised | 760 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 154 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 94 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 57 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,061 | |||
| Imported | 2 | 1,218 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,546 | |||
| Under Investigation | 535 | 71,066 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
DEATHS
- A 71-year-old Female from St. Catherine.
- A 74-year-old Female from St. Catherine.
- A 70-year-old Male from St. Catherine.
- A 71-year-old Male from St. Ann.
- A 61-year-old Male from St. Ann.
The deaths occurred on September 15 and 16, 2021.
| Clinical Definitions | |
| Moderately Ill | Require hospitalisation but do not require oxygen supplementation. (Admission may be for non-COVID-19 specific conditions.) |
| Severely Ill | Require hospitalisation and oxygenation support but not high dependency support (highly specialised staff and/or equipment). |
| Critically Ill | Require hospitalisation, oxygenation support and highly specialized staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing