COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, April 27, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, April 28, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS	OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		80	45,292
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		46	25,343
Males		34	19,946
Under Investigation		0	3
AGE RANGE		9 months to 87 years	1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		0	2,482
Hanover		0	1,211
Kingston & St. Andrew		28	12,918
Manchester		2	2,712
Portland		0	1,460
St. Ann		8	2,861
St. Catherine		11	8,904
St. Elizabeth		1	1,806
St. James		6	4,330
St. Mary		9	1,402
St. Thomas		0	1,755
Trelawny		6	1,573
Westmoreland		9	1,878

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities	TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	54	11	15	80
Cumulative POSITIVES	41,484	1,541	2,267	45,292
NEGATIVE today	536	All negatives are included in PCR tests	655	1,192
Cumulative NEGATIVES	225,889		57,272	283,161
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	590	11	670	1,271
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	267,373	1,541	59,539	328,453
Positivity Rate	10.8%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		3*	770
Coincidental Deaths		0	113
Deaths under investigation		2	131
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		113	20,842
Active Cases		23,348

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		33
Number in Home Quarantine		28,698
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		219
Patients Moderately Ill		12
Patients Critically Ill		30
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		5
Home		23,111
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		5	2,462
Imported		3	900
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0	2,078
Under Investigation		72	39,616
Workplace Cluster		0	236

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