COVID-19 Update for Thursday, December 30, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 329 | 93,920 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 199 | 53,430 | ||
| Males | 130 | 40,487 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 1 day to 94 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 4,960 | ||
| Hanover | 12 | 3,103 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 171 | 23,494 | ||
| Manchester | 19 | 6,039 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 2,540 | ||
| St. Ann | 14 | 7,043 | ||
| St. Catherine | 33 | 17,354 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 4,220 | ||
| St. James | 42 | 9,407 | ||
| St. Mary | 4 | 3,141 | ||
| St. Thomas | 16 | 3,998 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,403 | ||
| Westmoreland | 9 | 5,218 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
255 | 37 | 37 | 329 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
82,781 | 7,056 | 4,083 | 93,920 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
788 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 571 | 1,359 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
410,728 | 201,934 | 612,662 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,043 | 37 | 608 | 1,688 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
493,509 | 7,056 | 206,017 | 706,582 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 27% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 3* | 2,473 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 194 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 351 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 86 | 65,594 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | – | 1,401 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 5 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,230 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 107 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 25 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 21 | |||
| Home | 24,769 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,172 | ||
| Imported | 20 | 1,844 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,455 | ||
| Under Investigation | 309 | 84,213 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- A 73-year-old male from St. Catherine
- An 84-year-old female from Kingston and St. Andrew
- An 86-year-old female from Clarendon