COVID-19 Update for Monday, July 26, 2021
By: , July 27, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases | 52 | 52,141 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 23 | 29,184 | ||
| Males | 29 | 22,954 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 87 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 2,775 | ||
| Hanover | 3 | 1,487 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 12 | 14,331 | ||
| Manchester | 5 | 3,152 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 1,603 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 3,518 | ||
| St. Catherine | 3 | 10,132 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 2,181 | ||
| St. James | 7 | 5,057 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 1,687 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 2,008 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 1,736 | ||
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Westmoreland |
16 | 2,474 | ||
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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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39 | 13 | 0 | 52 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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47,260 | 2,261 | 2,620 | 52,141 |
| NEGATIVE today
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274 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 490 | 764 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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284,794 | 150,165 | 434,959 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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313 | 13 | 490 | 816 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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332,054 | 2,261 | 152,785 | 487,100 |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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16% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1
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1,179 | A 76-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation | |
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 163 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 103 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recoveries | 24 | 46,892 | ||
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Active Cases |
3,713 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 9 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 46,704 | |||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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145 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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42 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 23 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 5 | |||
| Home | 3,551 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,715 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,006 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,659 | ||
| Under Investigation | 52 | 45,525 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing