COVID-19 Update for Sunday, May 30, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, May 31, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		90		48,557
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		51		27,140
Males		39		21,414
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		9 days to 98 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		4		2,634
Hanover		0		1,298
Kingston & St. Andrew		11		13,543
Manchester		14		2,914
Portland		2		1,560
St. Ann		3		3,157
St. Catherine		9		9,578
St. Elizabeth		7		1,955
St. James		12		4,664
St. Mary		6		1,568
St. Thomas		9		1,936
Trelawny		3		1,667
Westmoreland		10		2,083

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	86	4	0		90
Cumulative POSITIVES	44,304	1,858	2,395		48,557
NEGATIVE today	585	All negatives are included in PCR tests	643		1,228
Cumulative NEGATIVES	247,904		83,718		331,622
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	671	4	643		1,318
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	292,208	1,858	86,113		380,179
Positivity Rate[1]	13.3%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*		948
Coincidental Deaths		0		138
Deaths under investigation		0		144
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		244		25,298
Active Cases		21,939

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		0
Number in Home Quarantine		36,037
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		160
Patients Moderately Ill		41
Patients Critically Ill		11
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		7
Home		21,765
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,568
Imported		0		941
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,342
Under Investigation		90		42,470
Workplace Cluster		0		236

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

*COVID-RELATED DEATHS: