COVID-19 Update for Sunday, October 31, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 109 | 89,123 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 58 | 50,693 | ||
| Males | 51 | 38,427 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 8 months to 83 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 4 | 4,814 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 2,882 | ||
| KSA | 30 | 22,032 | ||
| Manchester | 3 | 5,887 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,477 | ||
| St. Ann | 14 | 6,570 | ||
| St. Catherine | 32 | 16,608 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 4,095 | ||
| St. James | 9 | 8,693 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 2,887 | ||
| St. Thomas | 6 | 3,824 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,300 | ||
| Westmoreland | 3 | 5,054 | ||
| 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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99 | 10 | 0 | 109 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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78,611 | 6,634 | 3,878 | 89,123 |
| NEGATIVE today
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837 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 340 | 1,177 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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363,642 | 189,868 | 553,510 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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936 | 10 | 340 | 1,286 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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442,253 | 6,634 | 193,746 | 642,633 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 11.5% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 7* | 2,243 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 187 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 341 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 187 | 58,091 | ||
| Active Cases | 28,169 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 41,940 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 256 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 59 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 26 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 13 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Home | 27,894 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,122 | ||
| Imported | 3 | 1,321 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 4,182 | ||
| Under Investigation | 104 | 80,262 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (October 3 – 30, 2021)
- A 66-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 65-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- An 86-year-old Male from St. Mary
- A 71-year-old Male from Clarendon
- A 70-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation
- A 65-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation
- A 66-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was previously under investigation
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing