COVID-19 Update for Monday, December 6, 2021
By: , December 7, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 18 | 91,554 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 11 | 52,097 | ||
| Males | 7 | 39,454 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 months to 91 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 4,930 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 2,973 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 1 | 22,615 | ||
| Manchester | 1 | 5,972 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,519 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 6,810 | ||
| St. Catherine | 3 | 17,169 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,187 | ||
| St. James | 3 | 8,914 | ||
| St. Mary | 0 | 3,025 | ||
| St. Thomas | 4 | 3,945 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,354 | ||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,141 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
17 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,738 | 6,893 | 3,923 | 91,554 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
482 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 30 | 512 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
390,143 | 196,998 | 587,141 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
499 | 1 | 30 | 530 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
470,881 | 6,893 | 200,921 | 678,695 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 3.6% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1* | 2,411 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 1 | 344 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 127 | 63,223 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 593 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 19,786 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 130 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 28 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 10 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 9 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 3 | |||
| Home | 25,144 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,150 | ||
| Imported | 2 | 1,355 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,392 | ||
| Under Investigation | 16 | 82,421 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- An 84-year-old male from St. Ann
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing