COVID-19 Update for Sunday, February 28, 2021
By: , March 1, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
NOTES |
| Confirmed Cases | 336 | 23,599 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 201 | 10,446 | |
| Females | 133 | 13,148 | |
| Under Investigation | 2 | 5 | |
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 97 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 3 | 1,345 | |
| Hanover | 24 | 628 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 83 | 6,740 | |
| Manchester | 8 | 1,620 | |
| Portland | 3 | 529 | |
| St. Ann | 27 | 1,501 | |
| St. Catherine | 54 | 4,586 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 813 | |
| St. James | 111 | 2,624 | |
| St. Mary | 4 | 625 | |
| St. Thomas | 8 | 799 | |
| Trelawny | 3 | 792 | |
|
Westmoreland
|
7 | 997 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
3,560^ | 213,859 | ^ includes 2,734 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
|
| Discharge/Repeat samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
281 | – | 1Includes 16 from private sector Antigen Testing |
| Results Positive
|
3362 | 23,5993 | 2 includes 46 from private sector Antigen Testing
3 includes 441 positives from Private Sector Antigen Testing
Positivity Rate for PCR/Public Sector Antigen testing =35.1%
Positivity Rate for Antigen Testing in the Private Sector = 1.7% |
| Results Negative
|
3,2244 | 190,4115 | 4 includes 2,688 Antigen Testing from the private sector
5 includes 11,562 from private sector Antigen Testing
|
| Results Pending
|
0 | 0 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
3* | 425 | |
| Coincidental Deaths
|
0 | 85 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 53 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
92 | 13,502 | |
|
Active Cases
|
9,405 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
7 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
22,312 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
264 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
31 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
22 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 34 | ||
| Home | 9,156 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 685 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,200 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,991 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 336 | 19,487 |
DEATHS*
- A 65 year old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 80 year old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 66 year old male from St Ann