COVID-19 Update for Thursday, May 27, 2021
By: , May 28, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases | 108 | 48,288 | ||||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||||
| Females | 61 | 26,990 | ||||
| Males | 47 | 21,295 | ||||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 84 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||||
| Clarendon | 4 | 2,622 | ||||
| Hanover | 0 | 1,288 | ||||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 16 | 13,510 | ||||
| Manchester | 6 | 2,891 | ||||
| Portland | 7 | 1,554 | ||||
| St. Ann | 13 | 3,126 | ||||
| St. Catherine | 31 | 9,540 | ||||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 1,941 | ||||
| St. James | 17 | 4,612 | ||||
| St. Mary | 6 | 1,559 | ||||
| St. Thomas | 2 | 1,927 | ||||
| Trelawny | 4 | 1,655 | ||||
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Westmoreland |
2 | 2,063 | ||||
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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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93 | 12 | 3 | 108 | ||
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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44,103 | 1,805 | 2,380 | 48,288 | ||
| NEGATIVE today
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715 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 849 | 1,564 | ||
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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245,809 | 80,179 | 325,988 | |||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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808 | 12 | 852 | 1,672 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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289,912 | 1,805 | 82,559 | 374,276 | ||
| Positivity Rate[1]
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12.8% | |||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||||
| Deaths | 1 | 936 | A 79 year old Male from St. Ann | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 |
135 | ||||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 145 | ||||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||||
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Recovered |
175 | 24,703 | ||||
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Active Cases |
22,279 | |||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 5 | |||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 32,846 | |||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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181 | |||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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45 | |||||
| Patients Critically Ill
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14 | |||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||||
| State Facilities | 6 | |||||
| Home | 22,087 | |||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,566 | ||||
| Imported | 0 | 935 | ||||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,330 | ||||
| Under Investigation | 108 | 42,221 | ||||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||||
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing
