COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, August 10, 2021
By: , August 11, 2021
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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Westmoreland |
22 | 2,903 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| 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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258 | 70 | 6 | 334 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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50,096 | 2,850 | 2,844 | 55,790 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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601 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 180 | 781 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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294,309 | 161,848 | 456,157 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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859 | 70 | 186 | 1,115 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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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 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 166 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 110 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
28 | 47,333 | |||
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Active Cases |
6,836 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 13 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 41,321 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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345 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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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)
- A 74-year-old Female from Clarendon
- A 58-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 50-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 60-year-old Female from Clarendon
- A 32-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- An 83-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 52-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 58-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 55-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 88-year-old Female from Clarendon
- An 84-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 80-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 46-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing