COVID-19 Update for Monday, November 15, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 30 | 90,341 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 20 | 51,390 | ||
| Males | 10 | 38,948 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 10 months to 94 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,876 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 2,916 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 10 | 22,334 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,941 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 2,503 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 6,677 | ||
| St. Catherine | 10 | 16,936 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,160 | ||
| St. James | 2 | 8,762 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,933 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,894 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,327 | ||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,082 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
26 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
79,695 | 6,744 | 3,902 | 90,341 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
577 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 38 | 615 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
374,977 | 193,066 | 568,043 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
603 | 4 | 38 | 645 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
454,672 | 6,744 | 196,968 | 658,384 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 4.9% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 2* | 2,331 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 346 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 177 | 61,024 | ||
| Active Cases in the last 2 weeks | 1,025 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 43,457 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 204 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 47 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 31 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 14 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 4 | |||
| Home | 26,138 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,132 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,330 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,280 | ||
| Under Investigation | 29 | 81,363 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- A 55-year-old Male from Kingston & St Andrew
- A 70- year-old Male from St James
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing