COVID-19 Update for Sunday, December 5, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 67 | 91,536 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 46 | 52,086 | ||
| Males | 21 | 39,447 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 1 day to 92 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,930 | ||
| Hanover | 6 | 2,970 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 11 | 22,614 | ||
| Manchester | 1 | 5,971 | ||
| Portland | 3 | 2,519 | ||
| St. Ann | 16 | 6,810 | ||
| St. Catherine | 6 | 17,166 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 4,187 | ||
| St. James | 13 | 8,911 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 3,025 | ||
| St. Thomas | 3 | 3,941 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,353 | ||
| Westmoreland | 5 | 5,139 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
46 | 17 | 4 | 67 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,721 | 6,892 | 3,923 | 91,536 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
752 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 133 | 885 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
389,661 | 196,968 | 586,629 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
798 | 17 | 137 | 952 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
470,382 | 6,892 | 200,891 | 678,165 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 7.7% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 0 | 2,410 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 343 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 154 | 63,096 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 600 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,960 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 137 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 20 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 10 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 3 | |||
| Home | 25,247 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,150 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,353 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,392 | ||
| Under Investigation | 67 | 82,405 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing