COVID-19 Update for SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021
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COVID-19 Update for SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021
| NEW CASES |
24 HRS |
OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases |
90 |
45,867 |
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| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||||
| Females |
51 |
25,683 |
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| Males |
39 |
20,181 |
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| Under Investigation |
0 |
3 |
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| AGE RANGE |
2 days to 95 years |
1 day to 108 years |
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||||
| Clarendon |
3 |
2,516 |
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| Hanover |
9 |
1,227 |
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| Kingston & St. Andrew |
18 |
13,043 |
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| Manchester |
6 |
2,753 |
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| Portland |
5 |
1,484 |
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| St. Ann |
5 |
2,925 |
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| St. Catherine |
10 |
9,021 |
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| St. Elizabeth |
2 |
1,830 |
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| St. James |
9 |
4,369 |
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| St. Mary |
12 |
1,439 |
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| St. Thomas |
5 |
1,779 |
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| Trelawny |
3 |
1,583 |
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| Westmoreland |
3 |
1,898 |
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| COVID-19 TESTING | |||||||
| Type of Tests |
PCR |
Antigen Tests from Public Facilities |
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities |
TOTAL |
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| POSITIVES Today | 74 | 12 | 4 | 90 | |||
| Cumulative POSITIVES | 41,990 | 1,579 | 2,298 | 45,867 | |||
| NEGATIVE today | 591 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 524 | 1,115 | |||
| Cumulative NEGATIVES | 228,415 | 59,629 | 288,044 | ||||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY | 665 | 12 | 528 | 1,205 | |||
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE | 270,405 | 1,579 | 61,927 | 333,911 | |||
| Positivity Rate | 12.7% | ||||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||||
| Deaths |
5* |
784 |
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| Coincidental Deaths |
0 |
116 |
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| Deaths under investigation |
0 |
134 |
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| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||||
| Recovered |
140 |
21,293 |
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| Active Cases |
23,452 |
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| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine |
7 |
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| Number in Home Quarantine |
25,056 |
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| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||||
| Number Hospitalised |
213 |
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| Patients Moderately Ill |
14 |
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| Patients Critically Ill |
22 |
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| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||||
| Step Down Facilities |
0 |
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| State Facilities |
10 |
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| Home |
23,226 |
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| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case |
2 |
2,478 |
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| Imported |
2 |
904 |
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| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) |
1 |
2,107 |
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| Under Investigation |
85 |
40,142 |
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| Workplace Cluster |
0 |
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*DEATHS
COVID-RELATED DEATHS:
- A 95-year-old Female from Trelawny
- A 93-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- An 83-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 95-year-old Female from Westmoreland, whose death was previously under investigation
- An 83-year-old Female from St. Thomas, whose death was previously under investigation