COVID-19 Update For Thursday, May 20, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases | 104 | 47,776 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 59 | 26,715 | |||
| Males | 45 | 21,058 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 100 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 2,602 | |||
| Hanover | 9 | 1,276 | |||
| Kingston SA | 20 | 13,408 | |||
| Manchester | 0 | 2,863 | |||
| Portland | 3 | 1,542 | |||
| St. Ann | 9 | 3,090 | |||
| St. Catherine | 28 | 9,424 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 1,921 | |||
| St. James | 9 | 4,547 | |||
| St. Mary | 5 | 1,531 | |||
| St. Thomas | 11 | 1,901 | |||
| Trelawny | 4 | 1,630 | |||
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Westmoreland |
6 | 2,041 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| 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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87 | 13 | 4 | 104 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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43,653 | 1,761 | 2,362 | 47,776 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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694 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 893 | 1,587 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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241,824 | 72,759 | 314,583 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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781 | 13 | 897 | 1,691 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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285,477 | 1,761 | 75,121 | 362,359 | |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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12.6% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 2* | 904 | A 65 year old female from St. Catherine
A 43 year old male from St. Catherine
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| Coincidental Deaths |
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133 | Case was previously under investigation | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 3 | 141 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
99 | 23,742 | |||
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Active Cases |
22,766 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 27,152 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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158 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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46 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
10 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 4 | ||||
| Home | 22,601 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,531 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 932 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,249 | |||
| Under Investigation | 104 | 41,828 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing