COVID-19 Update for Sunday, May 16, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, May 17, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		77		47,396
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		39		26,511
Males		38		20,882
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		1 year to 86 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		1		2,591
Hanover		1		1,265
Kingston & St. Andrew		13		13,339
Manchester		3		2,850
Portland		2		1,533
St. Ann		2		3,065
St. Catherine		21		9,354
St. Elizabeth		2		1,896
St. James		5		4,496
St. Mary		2		1,510
St. Thomas		12		1,880
Trelawny		2		1,610
Westmoreland		11		2,007

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	65	9	3		77
Cumulative POSITIVES	43,320	1,731	2,345		47,396
NEGATIVE today	519	All negatives are included in PCR tests	695		1,214
Cumulative NEGATIVES	239,211		68,997		308,208
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	584	9	698		1,291
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	282,531	1,731	71,342		355,604
Positivity Rate^[1]	12.5%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*		863
Coincidental Deaths		1		126
Deaths under investigation		4		138
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		157		23,281
Active Cases		22,898

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		6
Number in Home Quarantine		25,749
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		149
Patients Moderately Ill		56
Patients Critically Ill		23
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
State Facilities		4
Step Down Facilities		0
Home		22,741
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,528
Imported		0		928
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,204
Under Investigation		77		41,500
Workplace Cluster		0		236

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

*COVID-RELATED DEATHS: