COVID-19 Update for Monday, October 18, 2021
October 19, 2021
The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 81 | 87,667 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 38 | 49,879 | ||
| Males | 43 | 37,785 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 88 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 4,718 | ||
| Hanover | 5 | 2,842 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 24 | 21,706 | ||
| Manchester | 1 | 5,822 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,419 | ||
| St. Ann | 8 | 6,474 | ||
| St. Catherine | 21 | 16,214 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 6 | 4,021 | ||
| St. James | 8 | 8,601 | ||
| St. Mary | 0 | 2,828 | ||
| St. Thomas | 2 | 3,750 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,244 | ||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,028 | ||
| 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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70 | 9 | 2 | 81 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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77,321 | 6,500 | 3,846 | 87,667 |
| NEGATIVE today
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310 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 355 | 665 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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354,044 | 185,637 | 539,681 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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380 | 9 | 357 | 746 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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431,365 | 6,500 | 189,483 | 627,348 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 20.3% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 6* | 2,123 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 185 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 320 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 190 | 55,827 | ||
| Active Cases | 29,120 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 35,836 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 361 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 64 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 44 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 20 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 3 | |||
| Home | 28,658 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,112 | ||
| Imported | 3 | 1,306 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 4,046 | ||
| Under Investigation | 76 | 78,967 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (October 15-17, 2021)
- A 59-year-old female from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation
- A 70-year-old female from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation
- An 80-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 81-year-old female from Clarendon
- A 52-year-old male from St. Thomas
A 66-year-old female from St. Catherine
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing