COVID-19 Update for Sunday, September 26, 2021
By: , September 27, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 252 | 83,030 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 142 | 47,225 | |||
| Males | 110 | 35,799 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 6 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 91 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 10 | 4,395 | |||
| Hanover | 6 | 2,709 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 65 | 20,575 | |||
| Manchester | 5 | 5,625 | |||
| Portland | 1 | 2,273 | |||
| St. Ann | 22 | 6,176 | |||
| St. Catherine | 56 | 15,111 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 9 | 3,796 | |||
| St. James | 23 | 8,219 | |||
| St. Mary | 19 | 2,669 | |||
| St. Thomas | 18 | 3,499 | |||
| Trelawny | 9 | 3,097 | |||
| Westmoreland | 9 | 4,886 | |||
| 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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229 | 20 | 3 | 252 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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73,097 | 6,178 | 3,755 | 83,030 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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958 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 139 | 1,097 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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335,384 | 178,467 | 513,851 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,187 | 20 | 142 | 1,349 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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408,481 | 6,178 | 182,222 | 596,881 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 20.6% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 7* | 1,841 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 178 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 314 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 195 | 52,292 | |||
| Active Cases | 28,313 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 37,551 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalized | 619 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 150 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 96 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 46 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 7 | ||||
| Home | 27,676 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,066 | |||
| Imported | 8 | 1,240 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,551 | |||
| Under Investigation | 244 | 74,937 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 18- September 23, 2021)
- A 73-year-old Male from St. Mary
- An 80-year-old Female from St. Mary
- A 69-year-old Male from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- An 84-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- A 58-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- A 27-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- A 42-year-old Male from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing