COVID-19 Update for Monday, November 8, 2021
By: , November 9, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 42 | 89,788 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 20 | 51,074 | ||
| Males | 22 | 38,711 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 24 days to 85 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 4 | 4,855 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 2,901 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 16 | 22,197 | ||
| Manchester | 1 | 5,925 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,495 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 6,613 | ||
| St. Catherine | 11 | 16,785 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,141 | ||
| St. James | 0 | 8,736 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,903 | ||
| St. Thomas | 5 | 3,853 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,314 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,070 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| 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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40 | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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79,198 | 6,670 | 3,890 | 89,758 |
| NEGATIVE today
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680 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 417 | 1,097 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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369,516 | 191,848 | 561,364 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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720 | 2 | 417 | 1,139 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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448,714 | 6,670 | 195,738 | 651,122 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 5.8% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 6* | 2,293 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 189 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 340 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 155 | 59,473 | ||
| Active Cases (in the last 2 weeks) | 1,156 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 38,518 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 242 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 30 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 24 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 11 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Home | 27,149 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,129 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,324 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,237 | ||
| Under Investigation | 42 | 80,862 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 8 – November 7, 2021)
- An 82-year-old male from St. James
- An 80-year-old male from St. James
- A 76-year-old female from St. James
- A 65-year-old female from St. James
- A 75-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 53-year-old female from St. Thomas
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing