COVID-19 Update for Thursday, September 30, 2021
By: , October 1, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 332 | 84,069 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 192 | 47,813 | |||
| Males | 140 | 36,253 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 days to 96 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 32 | 4,474 | |||
| Hanover | 6 | 2,730 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 57 | 20,803 | |||
| Manchester | 19 | 5,680 | |||
| Portland | 5 | 2,292 | |||
| St. Ann | 44 | 6,244 | |||
| St. Catherine | 91 | 15,386 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 21 | 3,830 | |||
| St. James | 21 | 8,305 | |||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,704 | |||
| St. Thomas | 24 | 3,580 | |||
| Trelawny | 8 | 3,120 | |||
| Westmoreland | 3 | 4,921 | |||
| 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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308 | 15 | 9 | 332 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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74,060 | 6,236 | 3,773 | 84,069 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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1,031 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 378 | 1,409 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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338,626 | 179,511 | 518,137 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,339 | 15 | 387 | 1,741 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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412,686 | 6,236 | 183,284 | 602,206 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 23.9% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 8* | 1,877 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 178 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 317 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 131 |
52,948 |
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| Active Cases | 28,657 |
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| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 36,120 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalized | 592 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 128 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 85 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 38 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 3 | ||||
| Home | 28,050 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,075 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 1,254 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,590 | |||
| Under Investigation | 329 | 75,914 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH (August 31-September 29, 2021)
- An 80-year-old male from St. Catherine
- An 84-year-old female from St. Catherine
- A 68-year-old male from St. Catherine
- An 89-year-old female from Manchester
- A 70-year-old male from St. Mary
- A 71-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 55-year-old female from St. Thomas
- A 46-year-old female from Trelawny
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing