COVID-19 Update for Thursday, July 08, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, July 9, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		71		50,568
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		43		28,291
Males		28		22,274
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		6 years to 94 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		1		2,733
Hanover		4		1,380
Kingston & St. Andrew		22		13,959
Manchester		5		3,019
Portland		0		1,597
St. Ann		10		3,380
St. Catherine		9		9,958
St. Elizabeth		0		2,061
St. James		5		4,858
St. Mary		0		1,652
St. Thomas		3		1,991
Trelawny		0		1,711
Westmoreland		12		2,269

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	60	9	2		71
Cumulative POSITIVES	45,945	2,110	2,513		50,568
NEGATIVE today	898	All negatives are included in PCR tests	949		1,847
Cumulative NEGATIVES	272,470		131,228		403,698
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	958	9	951		1,918
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	318,415	2,110	133,741		454,266
Positivity Rate^[1]	7.1%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*		1,111
Coincidental Deaths		0		154
Deaths under investigation		0		114
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		1,105		36,882
Active Cases		12,216
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		4
Number in Home Quarantine		45,639
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		88
Patients Moderately Ill		24
Patients Critically Ill		14
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		0
Home		12,126
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,658
Imported		0		964
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,527
Under Investigation		71		44,183
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS:

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