COVID-19 Update for Thursday, August 26, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, August 27, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		605		64,899
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		339		36,669
Males		266		28,227
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		6 days to 100 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		13		3,287
Hanover		18		2,084
Kingston & St. Andrew		159		16,933
Manchester		34		4,356
Portland		5		1,780
St. Ann		43		4,629
St. Catherine		94		11,934
St. Elizabeth		32		2,853
St. James		59		6,405
St. Mary		25		1,998
St. Thomas		40		2,490
Trelawny		34		2,261
Westmoreland		49		3,889
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	529	22	54		605
Cumulative POSITIVES	57,307	4,364	3,228		64,899
NEGATIVE today	763	All negatives are included in PCR tests	907		1,670
Cumulative NEGATIVES	306,917		168,806		475,723
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1292	22	961		2,275
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	364,224	4,364	172,034		540,622
Positivity Rate^[1]	41.9%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		12*		1,465
Coincidental Deaths		0		172
Deaths under investigation		13		145
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		50		47,968
Active Cases		15,058
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		2
Number in Home Quarantine		46,380
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		739
Patients Moderately Ill		189
Severely Ill		92
Patients Critically Ill		61
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		10
Home		14,276
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		2		2,928
Imported		9		1,136
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		1		3,100
Under Investigation		593		57,499
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 14-25, 2021)

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