COVID-19 Update for Sunday, September 5, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, September 6, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		643		71,987
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		396		40,814
Males		247		31,170
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		3 months to 105 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		65		3,677
Hanover		25		2,386
Kingston & St. Andrew		97		18,293
Manchester		31		4,913
Portland		10		1,939
St. Ann		53		5,232
St. Catherine		87		13,076
St. Elizabeth		43		3,211
St. James		67		7,183
St. Mary		17		2,245
St. Thomas		67		2,800
Trelawny		48		2,646
Westmoreland		33		4,386

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	560	81	2		643
Cumulative POSITIVES	63,178	5,308	3,501		71,987
NEGATIVE today	827	All negatives are included in PCR tests	30		857
Cumulative NEGATIVES	315,263		171,290		486,553
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,387	81	32		1,500
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	378,441	5,308	174,791		558,540
Positivity Rate^[1]	43.7%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		18*		1,637
Coincidental Deaths		0		173
Deaths under investigation		8		197
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		114		48,921
Active Cases		20,967
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		46,895
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		699
Patients Moderately Ill		175
Patients Severely Ill		121
Patients Critically Ill		53
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		6
Home		20,214
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		9		3,018
Imported		2		1,156
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		1		3,468
Under Investigation		631		64,109
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (September 1-4, 2021)

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing