COVID-19 Update for Monday, September 27, 2021
By: , September 28, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 312 | 83,342 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 169 | 47,394 | |||
| Males | 143 | 35,945 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 6 days to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 21 | 4,416 | |||
| Hanover | 14 | 2,723 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 75 | 20,646 | |||
| Manchester | 10 | 5,636 | |||
| Portland | 7 | 2,280 | |||
| St. Ann | 10 | 6,187 | |||
| St. Catherine | 64 | 15,177 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 7 | 3,801 | |||
| St. James | 37 | 8,256 | |||
| St. Mary | 13 | 2,682 | |||
| St. Thomas | 31 | 3,530 | |||
| Trelawny | 6 | 3,103 | |||
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Westmoreland
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| 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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296 | 16 | 0 | 312 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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73,393 | 6,194 | 3,755 | 83,342 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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701 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 328 | 1,029 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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336,085 | 178,795 | 514,880 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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997 | 16 | 328 | 1,341 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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409,478 | 6,194 | 182,550 | 598,222 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 30.8% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 18* | 1,859 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 178 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 312 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 239 | 52,531 | |||
| Active Cases | 28,370 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 6 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 36,892 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalized | 608 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 149 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 92 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 42 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 6 | ||||
| Home | 27,747 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,066 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 1,243 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,569 | |||
| Under Investigation | 309 | 75,228 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 24 – September 26, 2021)
- A 70-year-old Male from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- A 76-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- A 60-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 75-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 51-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 68-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 70-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 75-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 93-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 60-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 76-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 57-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 35-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 41-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 77-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 69-year-old Female from Trelawny
- An 82-year-old Male from Trelawny
- A 97-year-old Male from Westmoreland
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing