COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 2, 2021
By: , December 3, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 65 | 91,369 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 37 | 51,979 | ||
| Males | 28 | 39,387 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 days to 84 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,920 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 2,962 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 16 | 22,573 | ||
| Manchester | 4 | 5,967 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,516 | ||
| St. Ann | 18 | 6,788 | ||
| St. Catherine | 12 | 17,143 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,185 | ||
| St. James | 8 | 8,877 | ||
| St. Mary | 1 | 3,020 | ||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 3,936 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,352 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,130 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
56 | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,590 | 6,861 | 3,918 | 91,369 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
988 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 47 | 1,035 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
387,257 | 196,612 | 583,869 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1044 | 9 | 47 | 1,100 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
467,847 | 6,861 | 200,530 | 675,238 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 6.2% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 4* | 2,406 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 343 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 45 | 62,747 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 643 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 43,979 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 130 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 30 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 15 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 8 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 2 | |||
| Home | 25,438 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,150 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,343 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 4,384 | ||
| Under Investigation | 63 | 82,256 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- An 85-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 64-year-old male from St. Catherine
- An 85-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 61-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing