COVID-19 update for Thursday, August 5, 2021

August 6, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		326		54,165
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		177		30,326
Males		149		23836
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		78 days to 99 years		1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		13		2,838
Hanover		12		1,554
KSA		67		14,838
Manchester		55		3,371
Portland		0		1,620
St. Ann		31		3,718
St. Catherine		51		10,424
St. Elizabeth		9		2,239
St. James		35		5,286
St. Mary		6		1,726
St. Thomas		17		2,086
Trelawny		13		1,783
Westmoreland		17		2,682
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	273	30	23		326
Cumulative POSITIVES	48,897	2,467	2,801		54,165
NEGATIVE Today	715	All negatives are included in PCR tests	511		1,226
Cumulative NEGATIVES	291,324		160,134		451,458
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	988	30	534		1,552
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	340,221	2,467	162,935		505,623
Positivity Rate	29.8%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*		1,214
Coincidental Deaths		0		166
Deaths under investigation		2		108
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		25		47,152
Active Cases		326		5434
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		4
Number in Home Quarantine		46,941
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		219
Patients Moderately Ill		52
Patients Critically Ill		37
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		2		2,764
Imported		3		1,048
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,724
Under Investigation		321		47,393
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*DEATHS