COVID-19 Update for Thursday, May 06, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, May 7, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		90		46,428
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		49		25,984
Males		41		20,441
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		1 year to 91 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		9		2,555
Hanover		2		1,240
Kingston & St. Andrew		19		13,139
Manchester		3		2,797
Portland		1		1,505
St. Ann		17		2,978
St. Catherine		23		9,124
St. Elizabeth		4		1,854
St. James		6		4,421
St. Mary		2		1,459
St. Thomas		1		1,826
Trelawny		0		1,596
Westmoreland		3		1,934

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	86	1	3		90
Cumulative POSITIVES	42,468	1,637	2,323		46,428
NEGATIVE today	777	All negatives are included in PCR tests	392		1169
Cumulative NEGATIVES	231,562		62,161		293,723
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	863	1	395		1,259
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	274,030	1,637	64,484		340,151
Positivity Rate	10.1%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3		801
Coincidental Deaths		0		120
Deaths under investigation		0		132
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		125		22,018
Active Cases		23,267
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		24,791
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		231
Patients Moderately Ill		11
Patients Critically Ill		21
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		0
Home		23,025
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,490
Imported		3		917
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,130
Under Investigation		87		40,655
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*DEATHS