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COVID-19 Update for Monday, December 21, 2020

By: , December 22, 2020

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NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  

NOTES

Confirmed Cases 65 12,354  
SEX CLASSIFICATION      
Males 31 5,625  
Females 34 6,727  
Under Investigation 0 2  
AGE RANGE 65 days to 80 years 1 day to 104 years  
       
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES      
Clarendon 5 570  
Hanover 6 293  
Kingston & St. Andrew 5 3,814  
Manchester 10 528  
Portland 0 355  
St. Ann 1 736  
St. Catherine 7 2,636  
St. Elizabeth 2 363  
St. James 7 1,303  
St. Mary 2 328  
St. Thomas 0 470  
Trelawny 4 330  
 

Westmoreland

 

16 628  
       
COVID-19 TESTING      
Samples Tested

 

608 133,247  
Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours

 

3    
Results Positive

 

65 12,354  
Results Negative

 

543 120,881  
Results Pending

 

 

0 12  
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS      
Deaths

 

2

 

288 A 53-year-old female of a Kingston & St. Andrew address.

 

A 95-year-old male of a Westmoreland address, whose death was previously under investigation

 

 

Coincidental Deaths 0 44  
Deaths under investigation 1 29  
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES      
Recovered

 

 

153            9,266  
Active Cases

 

 

2,643    
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT      
Number in Facility Quarantine

 

 

52    
Number in Home Quarantine

 

29,493    
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT      
Number Hospitalised

 

75    
Patients Moderately Ill

 

 

31    
Patients Critically Ill

 

 

 

6    
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION      
Step Down Facilities 9    
State Facilities 23    
Home 2,572    
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES      
Imported 0 533  
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) 0 894  
Contacts of Confirmed Cases 2 1,507  
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster 0 236  
Under Investigation 63 9,184  
Last Updated: December 22, 2020