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COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, April 27, 2021

By: , April 28, 2021
COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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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

 

COVID-Deaths*

  • A 59-year-old male from Westmoreland
  • An 80-year-old male from Westmoreland
  • A 76-year-old male from Portland
Last Updated: April 28, 2021

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