COVID-19 Update for Sunday, November 7, 2021
By: , November 8, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 65 | 89,746 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 40 | 51,054 | ||
| Males | 25 | 38,689 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 5 years to 92 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 4 | 4,851 | ||
| Hanover | 2 | 2,901 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 30 | 22,181 | ||
| Manchester | 2 | 5,924 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,494 | ||
| St. Ann | 3 | 6,613 | ||
| St. Catherine | 18 | 16,774 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 4,140 | ||
| St. James | 0 | 8,736 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,902 | ||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 3,848 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,313 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,069 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
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60 | 2 | 3 | 65 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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79,158 | 6,698 | 3,890 | 89,746 |
| NEGATIVE today
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1,171 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 110 | 1,281 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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368,836 | 191,431 | 560,267 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,231 | 2 | 113 | 1,346 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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447,994 | 6,698 | 195,321 | 650,013 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 5.0% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 12* | 2,287 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 189 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 339 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 279 | 59,318 | ||
| Active Cases (in the last 2 weeks) | 1,147 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 39,193 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 224 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 35 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 23 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 11 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Home | 27,287 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,129 | ||
| Imported | 2 | 1,324 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,203 | ||
| Under Investigation | 63 | 80,854 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH (August 4- November 6, 2021)
- A 72-year-old male from St. James
- A 38-year-old male from St. James
- A 62-year-old female from St. James
- An 84-year-old male from St. Ann
- An 89-year-old female from St. Ann
- An 86-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 63-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 62-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- An 80-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 34-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 69-year-old female from Portland
- A 47-year-old male from St. Catherine
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing