COVID-19 Update For Thursday, April 22, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases | 140 | 44,642 | ||||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||||
| Females | 87 | 24,977 | ||||
| Males | 52 | 19,661 | ||||
| Under Investigation | 1 | 4 | ||||
| AGE RANGE | 1 day to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||||
| Clarendon | 3 | 2,443 | ||||
| Hanover | 3 | 1,206 | ||||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 36 | 12,762 | ||||
| Manchester | 2 | 2,659 | ||||
| Portland | 4 | 1,431 | ||||
| St. Ann | 3 | 2,779 | ||||
| St. Catherine | 37 | 8,806 | ||||
| St. Elizabeth | 4 | 1,779 | ||||
| St. James | 14 | 4,283 | ||||
| St. Mary | 10 | 1,366 | ||||
| St. Thomas | 5 | 1,730 | ||||
| Trelawny | 17 | 1,555 | ||||
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Westmoreland |
2 | 1,843 | ||||
| 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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119 | 9 | 12 | 140 | ||
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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40,907 | 1,508 | 2,227 | 44,642 | ||
| NEGATIVE today
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720 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 612 | 1,332 | ||
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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222,871 | 54,127 | 276,998 | |||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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839 | 9 | 624 | 1,472 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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263,778 | 1,508 | 56,354 | 321,640 | ||
| Positivity Rate
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15.1% | |||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Deaths
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1 | 752 | A 78 year old female from St. James
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| Coincidental Deaths
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0 | 113 | ||||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 124 | ||||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||||
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Recovered |
105 | 20,275 | ||||
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Active Cases
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23,291 | |||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 35 | |||||
| Number in Home Quarantine
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30,408 | |||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| Number Hospitalised
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272 | |||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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16 | |||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
27 | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||||
| State Facilities | 18 | |||||
| Home | 23,002 | |||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,413 | ||||
| Imported | 3 | 888 | ||||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,000 | ||||
| Under Investigation | 137 | 39,105 | ||||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||||