COVID-19 Update for Monday, August 16, 2021
By: , August 17, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 630 | 59,088 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 356 | 33,236 | |||
| Males | 274 | 25,849 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 2 days to 94 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 40 | 3,043 | |||
| Hanover | 64 | 1,820 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 90 | 15,877 | |||
| Manchester | 62 | 3,802 | |||
| Portland | 14 | 1,689 | |||
| St. Ann | 55 | 4,174 | |||
| St. Catherine | 32 | 11,116 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 24 | 2,485 | |||
| St. James | 71 | 5,764 | |||
| St. Mary | 34 | 1,834 | |||
| St. Thomas | 22 | 2,244 | |||
| Trelawny | 34 | 1,956 | |||
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Westmoreland |
88 | 3,284 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| 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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518 | 110 | 2 | 630 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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52,749 | 3,395 | 2,944 | 59,088 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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880 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 462 | 1,342 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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299,433 | 164,242 | 463,675 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,398 | 110 | 464 | 1,972 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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352,182 | 3,395 | 167,186 | 522,763 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 41.6% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 9* | 1,320 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 169 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 110 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
60 | 47,540 | |||
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Active Cases |
9,858 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 14 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 38,154 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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478 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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112 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 35 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 9 | ||||
| Home | 9,297 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 3 | 2,851 | |||
| Imported | 9 | 1,077 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 2 922 | |||
| Under Investigation | 617 | 52,002 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 13-15, 2021)
- A 67-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 63-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 79-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 78-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 50-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 68-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 59-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 83-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 65-year-old Male from Clarendon
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing