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COVID-19 Update for Saturday, December 5, 2020

December 6, 2020
COVID-19 Update for Saturday, December 5, 2020
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NEW CASES

24 HRS

OVERALL

NOTES

Confirmed Cases

57

11,120

SEX CLASSIFICATION

Males

21

5,070

Females

36

6,048

Under Investigation

0

2

AGE RANGE

5 months to 83 years

1 day to 104 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES

Clarendon

1

499

Hanover

2

241

KSA

8

3,634

Manchester

0

424

Portland

0

342

St. Ann

2

619

St. Catherine

6

2,426

St. Elizabeth

0

312

St. James

20

1,159

St. Mary

2

298

St. Thomas

0

423

Trelawny

8

277

Westmoreland

8

466

COVID-19 TESTING

New Samples Tested

701

119,099

Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours

4

Results Positive

57

11,120

Results Negative

644

107,968

Results Pending

11

DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

Deaths

4

265

The deceased are:

– an 84-year-old male from St. Ann;

– a 57-year- old female from Trelawny;

– a 73-year-old male from St. Catherine; and

– a 79-year-old male from St. James.

Coincidental Deaths

1

37

Deaths under investigation

0

31

RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES

Recovered 

132

6,998

Active Cases

57

3,705

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT

Number in Facility Quarantine

2

Number in Home Quarantine

25,563

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

Number Hospitalised

75

Patients Moderately Ill

5

Patients Critically Ill

7

TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES

Imported

0

522

Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked)

4

795

Contacts of Confirmed Cases

10

1365

Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster

0

236

Under Investigation

43

8,202

Last Updated: December 6, 2020