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COVID-19 Update for Monday, April 5, 2021

Coronavirus
April 6, 2021
Written by: Ministry of Health and Wellness
NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 315 41,328
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 170 23,195
Males 144 18,129
Under Investigation 1 4
AGE RANGE 2 months to 96 years 1 day to 108 years
   

 

  
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 18 2,280
Hanover 12 1,136
Kingston & St. Andrew 66 11,761
Manchester 17 2,456
Portland 1 1,337
St. Ann 38 2,532
St. Catherine 48 8,075
St. Elizabeth 20 1,586
St. James 18 3,983
St. Mary 12 1,206
St. Thomas 11 1,563
Trelawny 22 1,432
 

Westmoreland

 32 1,666
     
COVID-19 TESTING    
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

 Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

 288 20 7 315
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

 38,059 1,334 1,935 41,328
NEGATIVE today

 

 551 All negatives are included in PCR tests 886 1,437
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

 212,196 40,874 253,070
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

 839 20 893 1,752
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

 250,255 1,334 42,809 294,398
Positivity Rate

 

 35.8%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths

 

 4* 622
Coincidental Deaths

 

 1 102
Deaths under investigation 8 103
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
 

Recovered

 

 147 18,444
 

Active Cases

 

 21,971  
     
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 13  
Number in Home Quarantine

 

 26,859  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised

 

 388  
Patients Moderately Ill

 

 31  
Patients Critically Ill

 

 33  
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION    
Step Down Facilities 0  
State Facilities 19  
Home 21,556  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 2,277
Imported 0 804
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 1,613
Under Investigation 315 36,398
Workplace Cluster 0 236
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