COVID-19 Update for Sunday, August 29, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, August 30, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		739		67,402
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		422		38,124
Males		317		29,275
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		24 days to 94 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		9		3,407
Hanover		30		2,204
Kingston & St. Andrew		143		17,384
Manchester		19		4,588
Portland		37		1,840
St. Ann		149		4,915
St. Catherine		82		12,292
St. Elizabeth		22		3,002
St. James		63		6,663
St. Mary		88		2,108
St. Thomas		4		2,546
Trelawny		28		2,364
Westmoreland		65		4,089

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	648	78	13		739
Cumulative POSITIVES	59,382	4,718	3,302		67,402
NEGATIVE today	619	All negatives are included in PCR tests	150		769
Cumulative NEGATIVES	309,511		169,714		479,225
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1267	78	163		1,508
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	368,862	4,718	173,016		546,596
Positivity Rate^[1]	54.0%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		6*		1,510
Coincidental Deaths		0		172
Deaths under investigation		2		155
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		91		48,186
Active Cases		17,288
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		48,963
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		723
Patients Moderately Ill		192
Patients Severely Ill		88
Patients Critically Ill		62
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
State Facilities		8
Step Down Facilities		0
Home		16
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,940
Imported		0		1,141
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		3		3,282
Under Investigation		736		59,803
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 27-28, 2021)

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