COVID-19 Update for Sunday, November 28, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 53 | 91,222 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 34 | 51,892 | ||
| Males | 19 | 39,327 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 91 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 5 | 4,916 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 2,959 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 15 | 22,544 | ||
| Manchester | 2 | 5,961 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,515 | ||
| St. Ann | 6 | 6,765 | ||
| St. Catherine | 6 | 17,118 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,180 | ||
| St. James | 7 | 8,854 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 3,009 | ||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 3,933 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,345 | ||
| Westmoreland | 3 | 5,123 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
41 | 12 | 0 | 53 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,471 | 6,836 | 3,915 | 91,222 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
708 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 32 | 740 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
384,341 | 196,024 | 580,365 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
749 | 12 | 32 | 793 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
464,812 | 6,836 | 199,939 | 671,587 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 7% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 3* | 2,391 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 346 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 95 | 62,539 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 809 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 49,650 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 165 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 26 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 24 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 9 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Home | 26,484 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,148 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,340 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,373 | ||
| Under Investigation | 52 | 82,125 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- An 82-year-old female from St Catherine
- An 87-year-old female from St. Catherine
- A 69-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing