COVID-19 Update for Monday, December 20, 2021
By: , December 21, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 38 | 92,127 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 22 | 52,408 | ||
| Males | 16 | 39,716 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 90 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,946 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 3,004 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 6 | 22,725 | ||
| Manchester | 4 | 6,001 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,524 | ||
| St. Ann | 1 | 6,894 | ||
| St. Catherine | 1 | 17,235 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 4,209 | ||
| St. James | 7 | 9,022 | ||
| St. Mary | 7 | 3,064 | ||
| St. Thomas | 5 | 3,966 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,368 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,169 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
35 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,249 | 6,943 | 3,935 | 92,127 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
773 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 60 | 833 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
401,988 | 199,418 | 601,406 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
808 | 2 | 61 | 871 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
483,237 | 6,943 | 203,353 | 693,533 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 4.6% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1* | 2,450 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 192 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 348 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 296 | 64,300 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 442 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 18,847 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 97 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 22 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 11 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| State Facilities | 4 | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| Home | 24,598 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,165 | ||
| Imported | 5 | 1,404 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,422 | ||
| Under Investigation | 33 | 82,900 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- A 79-year-old male from St. Mary
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing