COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 23, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, September 24, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		434		81,828
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		253		46,560
Males		181		35,262
Under Investigation		0		6
AGE RANGE		5 months to 97 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		25		4,314
Hanover		15		2,690
Kingston & St. Andrew		95		20,301
Manchester		19		5,598
Portland		0		2,205
St. Ann		48		6,095
St. Catherine		86		14,829
St. Elizabeth		31		3,759
St. James		51		8,120
St. Mary		19		2,599
St. Thomas		18		3,411
Trelawny		15		3,058
Westmoreland		12		4,849



COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	378	46	10		434
Cumulative POSITIVES	71,953	6,132	3,743		81,828
NEGATIVE today	945	All negatives are included in PCR tests	131		1,076
Cumulative NEGATIVES	332,179		177,950		510,129
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,323	46	141		1,510
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	404,132	6,132	181,693		591,957
Positivity Rate^[1]	31.0%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		12*		1,821
Coincidental Deaths		0		178
Deaths under investigation		6		297
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		0		51,544
Active Cases		27, 896
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		4
Number in Home Quarantine		37,449

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalized		663
Patients Moderately Ill		135
Patients Severely Ill		117
Patients Critically Ill		42
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		8
Home		27,092
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		1		3,062
Imported		1		1,226
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		3,551
Under Investigation		432		73,753
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (September 16-21, 2021)

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing