COVID-19 Update for Thursday, March 4, 2021
By: , March 5, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |
| Confirmed Cases | 332 | 24,776 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Females | 191 | 13,810 | |
| Males | 141 | 10,963 | |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 93 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 14 | 1,391 | |
| Hanover | 6 | 664 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 126 | 7,177 | |
| Manchester | 17 | 1,673 | |
| Portland | 5 | 564 | |
| St. Ann | 23 | 1,633 | |
| St. Catherine | 70 | 4,740 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 17 | 852 | |
| St. James | 45 | 2,772 | |
| St. Mary | 2 | 648 | |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 819 | |
| Trelawny | 3 | 838 | |
|
Westmoreland
|
1 | 1,005 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
1,4791 | 221,8672 | 1 includes 551 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
2 includes 16,021 from Private Sector Antigen Testing |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
31 | – | |
| Results Positive
|
3323 | 24,7764 | 3 includes 68 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
4 includes 608 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
Public Sector Positivity Rate = 28.4%
Private Sector Positivity Rate = 12.3%
|
| Results Negative
|
1,1475 | 197,2426 | 5 includes 483 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
6 includes 15,413 from Private Sector Antigen Testing |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 0 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
7* | 443 | |
| Coincidental Deaths
|
0 | 89 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 54 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
143 | 14,012 | |
|
Active Cases
|
10,092 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
4 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
19,538 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
270 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
27 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
23 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 22 | ||
| Home | 9,401 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 708 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,222 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,995 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 332 | 20,615 |
*DEATHS
- A 56-year-old male from St. James
- A 64-year-old male from Westmoreland
- A 32-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 49-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 68-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 79-year-old female from St. Catherine
- An 85-year-old female from St. Thomas