COVID-19 Update for Saturday, October 17, 2020
By: , October 18, 2020
The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | NOTES |
| Confirmed Cases | 79 | 8,274 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 17 | 3,700 | |
| Females | 62 | 4,556 | |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 18 | |
| AGE RANGE | 3 to 72 years | 1 days to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 0 | 438 | |
| Hanover | 0 | 108 | |
| KSA | 57 | 3,011 | |
| Manchester | 0 | 352 | |
| Portland | 0 | 293 | |
| St. Ann | 1 | 348 | |
| St. Catherine | 7 | 1,846 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 253 | |
| St. James | 8 | 730 | |
| St. Mary | 0 | 201 | |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 387 | |
| Trelawny | 0 | 120 | |
| Westmoreland | 0 | 187 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested | 362 | 88,338 | |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours | 3 | ||
| Results Positive | 79 | 8,274 | |
| Results Negative | 283 | 79,999 | |
| Results Pending | 0 | 65 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths | 3 | 171 | Details at the end of the table |
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 12 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 24 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
| Recovered | 206 | 3,859 | |
| Active Cases | 79 | 4,133 | |
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 23,692 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised | 176 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 17 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill | 15 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 490 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked) | 0 | 593 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 918 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 79 | 6,037 |
There were three (3) newly categorised COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours. The deceased are:
- A 76-year-old male of a St. James address.
- A 70-year-old female of a Manchester address.
- An 81-year-old male of a St. Ann address.