COVID-19 Update for Sunday, March 21, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, March 22, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		558		35,896
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		315		20,177
Males		243		15,716
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		10 days to 90 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		9		2,006
Hanover		19		1,015
Kingston & St. Andrew		219		10,221
Manchester		11		2,176
Portland		10		1,132
St. Ann		0		2,286
St. Catherine		177		7,060
St. Elizabeth		26		1,337
St. James		30		3,609
St. Mary		14		1,001
St. Thomas		15		1,367
Trelawny		8		1,284
Westmoreland		20		1,402

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	490	12	56		558
Cumulative POSITIVES	33,343	1,088	1,465		35,896
NEGATIVE today	678	All negatives are included in PCR tests	1,022		1,700
Cumulative NEGATIVES	200,662		27,657		228,319
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,168	12	1,078		2,258
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	234,005	1,088	29,122		264,215
Positivity Rate	42.5%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*		536
Coincidental Deaths		0		92
Deaths under investigation		1		72
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		179		16,309
Active Cases		18,801
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		25,350
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		418
Patients Moderately Ill		65
Patients Critically Ill		37
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down		0
State Facilities		9
Home		18,374
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Imported		5		752
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked)		1		1,417
Contacts of Confirmed Cases		15		2,126
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster		0		236
Under Investigation		537		31,365

DEATHS