COVID-19 Update for Thursday, October 22, 2020
By: , October 23, 2020The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
| Confirmed Cases | 38 | 8,638 |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||
| Males | 7 | 3,867 |
| Females | 30 | 4,755 |
| Under Investigation | 1 | 16 |
| AGE RANGE | 9 years to 85 years | 1 day to 104 years |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||
| Clarendon | 1 | 444 |
| Hanover | 0 | 119 |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 24 | 3,081 |
| Manchester | 0 | 364 |
| Portland | 0 | 301 |
| St. Ann | 0 | 378 |
| St. Catherine | 5 | 1,948 |
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 260 |
| St. James | 0 | 799 |
| St. Mary | 0 | 221 |
| St. Thomas | 0 | 394 |
| Trelawny | 5 | 130 |
| Westmoreland | 0 | 196 |
| Parish unknown | 3 | 3 |
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||
| Samples Tested
|
649 | 91, 495 |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
1 | |
| Results Positive
|
38 | 8,638 |
| Results Negative
|
611 | 82, 792 |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 65 |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||
| Deaths
|
3* | 182 |
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 14 |
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 25 |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||
| Recovered
|
61 | 4,156 |
| Active Cases | 4,186 | |
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
0 | |
| Number in Home Quarantine | 26,263 | |
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||
| Number Hospitalised | 152 | |
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
19 | |
| Patients Critically Ill
|
8 | |
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||
| Step Down Facilities | 4 | |
| State Facilities | 31 | |
| Home | 4,003 | |
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||
| Imported | 0 | 491 |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 602 |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 929 |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 |
| Under Investigation | 38 | 6,380 |
*Summary of Deaths
• A 77-year-old male from St. James
• An 88-year-old male from St. James
• A 91-year-old female from St. Ann