COVID-19 Update for Monday, July 19, 202

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, July 20, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS	OVERALL		NOTES
Confirmed Cases		62	51,282
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		36	28,706
Males		26	22,573
Under Investigation		0	3
AGE RANGE		2 years to 95 years	1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		1	2,750
Hanover		2	1,433
Kingston & St. Andrew		4	14,116
Manchester		3	3,070
Portland		0	1,600
St. Ann		19	3,454
St. Catherine		7	10,045
St. Elizabeth		0	2,105
St. James		11	4,947
St. Mary		0	1,671
St. Thomas		1	1,997
Trelawny		2	1,727
Westmoreland		12	2,367

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities	TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	58	1	3	62
Cumulative POSITIVES	46,549	2,178	2,555	51,282
NEGATIVE today	850	All negatives are included in PCR tests	1,810	2,660
Cumulative NEGATIVES	280,190		143,461	423,651
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	908	1	1813	2,722
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	326,739	2,178	146,016	474,933
Positivity Rate1	6.5%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		1	1,158		An 87 year old female from St. Catherine
Coincidental Deaths		0	159
Deaths under investigation		0	104
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		29	46,724
Active Cases		3,046
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		10
Number in Home Quarantine		48,257
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		100
Patients Moderately Ill		25
Patients Critically Ill		11
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		3
Home		2,935
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0	2,680
Imported		4	983
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0	2,581
Under Investigation		58	44,802
Workplace Cluster		0	236