COVID-19 Update for Thursday, November 4, 2021
By: , November 5, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 117 | 89,466 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 69 | 50,881 | ||
| Males | 48 | 38,582 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 8 months to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 9 | 4,837 | ||
| Hanover | 2 | 2,894 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 18 | 22,105 | ||
| Manchester | 5 | 5,912 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,488 | ||
| St. Ann | 26 | 6,605 | ||
| St. Catherine | 36 | 16,686 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,109 | ||
| St. James | 6 | 8,721 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 2,894 | ||
| St. Thomas | 5 | 3,839 | ||
| Trelawny | 5 | 3,311 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,065 | ||
| 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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104 | 11 | 2 | 117 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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78,908 | 6,675 | 3,883 | 89,466 |
| NEGATIVE today
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886 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 414 | 1,300 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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366,143 | 190,702 | 556,845 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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990 | 11 | 416 | 1,417 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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445,051 | 6,675 | 194,585 | 646,311 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 11.5% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 15* | 2,272 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 188 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 336 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 146 | 58,722 | ||
| Active Cases | 27,856 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 39,088 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 243 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 40 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 27 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 18 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| State Facilities | 1 | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| Home | 27,596 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,129 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,322 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,202 | ||
| Under Investigation | 117 | 80,577 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (March 25 – November 2, 2021)
- A 64-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 68-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 57-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 71-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 37-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 68-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- An 82-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 55-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 76-year-old Female from Hanover whose death was previously under investigation
- An 83-year-old Female from Hanover whose death was previously under investigation
- An 86-year-old Female from Hanover
- A 43-year-old Male from Hanover
- A 65-year-old Male from St. James
- A 59-year-old Male from St. James
- A 62-year-old Male from St. Catherine
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing