COVID-19 Update for Sunday, August 22, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, August 23, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		879		62,712
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		509		35,374
Males		370		27,335
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		2 days to 96 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		56		3,192
Hanover		52		1,983
Kingston & St. Andrew		145		16,522
Manchester		121		4,210
Portland		2		1,735
St. Ann		17		4,448
St. Catherine		105		11,610
St. Elizabeth		60		2,726
St. James		109		6,179
St. Mary		13		1,930
St. Thomas		42		2,382
Trelawny		48		2,140
Westmoreland		109		3,655

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	758	102	19		879
Cumulative POSITIVES	55,594	3,995	3,123		62,712
NEGATIVE today	1,101	All negatives are included in PCR tests	730		1,831
Cumulative NEGATIVES	304,311		166,817		471,128
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,859	102	749		2,710
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	359,905	3,995	169,940		533,840
Positivity Rate^[1]	43.9%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		14*		1,402
Coincidental Deaths		1		172
Deaths under investigation		2		120
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		66		47,787
Active Cases		13,140
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		3
Number in Home Quarantine		44,942
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		607
Patients Moderately Ill		125
Patients Severely		83
Patients Critically Ill		60
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		8		2,903
Imported		9		1,116
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		3,040
Under Investigation		862		55,417
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 20-21, 2021)

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing