COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, August 10, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, August 11, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		334		55,790
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		204		31, 281
Males		130		24,506
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		4 months to 92 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		24		2,899
Hanover		9		1,637
Kingston & St. Andrew		82		15,214
Manchester		40		3,533
Portland		2		1,645
St. Ann		25		3,846
St. Catherine		36		10,647
St. Elizabeth		25		2,301
St. James		32		5,447
St. Mary		1		1,751
St. Thomas		27		2,139
Trelawny		9		1,828
Westmoreland		22		2,903


COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	258	70	6		334
Cumulative POSITIVES	50,096	2,850	2,844		55,790
NEGATIVE today	601	All negatives are included in PCR tests	180		781
Cumulative NEGATIVES	294,309		161,848		456,157
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	859	70	186		1,115
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	344,405	2,850	164,692		511,947
Positivity Rate[1]	328/929 = 35.3%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		13*		1,254
Coincidental Deaths		0		166
Deaths under investigation		0		110
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		28		47,333
Active Cases		6,836
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		13
Number in Home Quarantine		41,321
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		345
Patients Moderately Ill		69
Patients Critically Ill		35
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		7
Home		6,421
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		1		2,785
Imported		5		1,059
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		1		2,804
Under Investigation		327		48,906
Workplace Cluster		0		236

DEATHS (August 4-9, 2021)

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