COVID-19 Update for Sunday, September 26, 2021
By: September 27, 2021 ,The Full Story
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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 | Â | Â | |||
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 | Â 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 | Â | Â | |||
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 | |||
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*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