COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 16, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, September 17, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		601		78,590
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		319		44,658
Males		282		33,922
Under Investigation		0		10
AGE RANGE		0 day to 96 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		50		4,125
Hanover		24		2,599
Kingston & St. Andrew		126		19,559
Manchester		46		5,413
Portland		3		2,129
St. Ann		88		5,830
St. Catherine		86		14,163
St. Elizabeth		44		3,569
St. James		33		7,827
St. Mary		24		2,486
St. Thomas		44		3244
Trelawny		18		2,,926
Westmoreland		15		4,720




COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	547	53	1		601
Cumulative POSITIVES	69,039	5,893	3,658		78,590
NEGATIVE today	999	All negatives are included in PCR tests	69		1,068
Cumulative NEGATIVES	326,155		175,191		501,346
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,546	53	70		1,669
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	395,194	5,893	178,849		579,936
Positivity Rate	37.5%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		4*		1,772
Coincidental Deaths		1		177
Deaths under investigation		3		261
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		134		50,495
Active Cases		25,793
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		5
Number in Home Quarantine		41,433
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		708
Patients Moderately Ill		168
Patients Severely Ill		104
Patients Critically Ill		56
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		4
Home		25,065
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		3,061
Imported		0		1,216
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		3,546
Under Investigation		601		70,531
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (September 14-15, 2021)