COVID-19 Update for Sunday, August 15, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 513 | 58,458 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 306 | 32,880 | |||
| Males | 207 | 25,575 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 33 days to 96 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | Â | Â | |||
| Clarendon | 10 | 3,003 | |||
| Hanover | 17 | 1,756 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 94 | 15,788 | |||
| Manchester | 17 | 3,740 | |||
| Portland | 1 | 1,675 | |||
| St. Ann | 47 | 4,119 | |||
| St. Catherine | 134 | 11,084 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 21 | 2,460 | |||
| St. James | 54 | 5,693 | |||
| St. Mary | 7 | 1,800 | |||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 2,222 | |||
| Trelawny | 17 | 1,922 | |||
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Westmoreland |
93 | 3,196 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| 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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390 | 119 | 4 | 513 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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52,231 | 3,285 | 2,942 | 58,458 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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596 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 118 | 714 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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298,553 | 163,780 | 462,333 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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986 | 119 | 122 | 1,227 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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350,784 | 3,285 | 166,722 | 520,791 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 46.1% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 11* | 1,311 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 169 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | Â 110 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
42 | 47,480 | |||
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Active Cases |
9,297 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 15 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 41,082 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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443 | ||||
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Patients Moderately Ill
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107 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 46 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | Â | Â | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 11 | ||||
| Home | 8,774 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 4 | 2,848 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 1,068 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,902 | |||
| Under Investigation | 509 | 51,404 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
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*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 12-14, 2021)
- An 83-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 54-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 86-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 84-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 43-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 43-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 31-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 62-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 31-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 52-year-old Male from Westmoreland
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An 84-year-old Male from St. Mary
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing