COVID-19 Update for Thursday, March 25, 2021
By: , March 26, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
| Confirmed Cases | 330 | 37,458 |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||
| Females | 183 |
21,061 |
| Males | 147 | 16,394 |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 |
| AGE RANGE | 29 days to 99 years | 1 day to 108 years |
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||
| Clarendon | 13 | 2,109 |
| Hanover | 4 | 1,060 |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 99 | 10,697 |
| Manchester | 10 | 2,244 |
| Portland | 7 | 1,185 |
| St. Ann | 10 | 2,343 |
| St. Catherine | 103 | 7,362 |
| St. Elizabeth | 6 | 1,407 |
| St. James | 42 | 3,728 |
| St. Mary | 11 | 1,064 |
| St. Thomas | 2 | 1,416 |
| Trelawny | 10 | 1,345 |
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Westmoreland |
13 | 1,498 |
| COVID-19 TESTING |
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
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272 | 36 | 22 | 330 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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34,735 | 1,124 | 1,599 | 37,458 |
| NEGATIVE today
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750 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 602 | 1,352 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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203,984 | 30,257 | 234,241 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1022 | 36 | 624 | 1,682 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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238,719 | 1,124 | 31,856 | 271,699 |
| Positivity Rate
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29.1% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||
| Deaths
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11* | 557 |
| Coincidental Deaths
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0 | 93 |
| Deaths under investigation | 5 | 79 |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||
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Recovered
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109 | 16,848 |
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Active Cases
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19,795 | |
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 7 | |
| Number in Home Quarantine | 23,635 | |
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number Hospitalised | 443 | |
| Patients Moderately Ill | 40 | |
| Patients Critically Ill
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46 | |
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |
| State Facilities | 13 | |
| Home | 19,341 | |
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||
| Imported | 4 | 764 |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 2 | 1,485 |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 3 | 2,164 |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 |
| Under Investigation | 321 | 32,809 |
DEATHS
11 deaths that occurred between March 4 and 24, 2021 were confirmed:
- An 83-year-old female from Hanover
- A 70-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 77-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 93-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 63-year-old female from St. Ann
- A 42-year-old female from St. Catherine
- A 68-year-old female from St. Catherine
- A 48-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 55-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 39-year-old-male from Westmoreland
- A 57-year-old female from Westmoreland whose death was previously under investigation.