COVID-19 Update for Sunday, August 29, 2021
By: , August 30, 2021
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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Westmoreland |
65 | 4,089 | |||
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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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648 | 78 | 13 | 739 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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59,382 | 4,718 | 3,302 | 67,402 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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619 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 150 | 769 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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309,511 | 169,714 | 479,225 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1267 | 78 | 163 | 1,508 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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368,862 | 4,718 | 173,016 | 546,596 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 54.0% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 6* | 1,510 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 172 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 155 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
91 | 48,186 | |||
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Active Cases |
17,288 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 48,963 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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723 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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192 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 88 | ||||
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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)
- A 72-year-old Male from St. James
- A 66-year-old Female from St. James
- An 80-year-old Male from St. James
- A 62-year-old Female from Hanover
- A 74-year-old Female from Hanover
- A 45-year-old Male from Westmoreland
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing