COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 367 | 63,831 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 220 | 36,043 | |||
| Males | 147 | 27,785 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 18 days to 99 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 3,240 | |||
| Hanover | 25 | 2,048 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 80 | 16,705 | |||
| Manchester | 15 | 4,268 | |||
| Portland | 4 | 1,762 | |||
| St. Ann | 13 | 4,533 | |||
| St. Catherine | 28 | 11,768 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 6 | 2,774 | |||
| St. James | 64 | 6,312 | |||
| St. Mary | 21 | 1,963 | |||
| St. Thomas | 6 | 2,443 | |||
| Trelawny | 28 | 2,214 | |||
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Westmoreland |
75 | 3,801 | |||
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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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238 | 98 | 31 | 367 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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56,427 | 4,246 | 3,158 | 63,831 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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420 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 246 | 666 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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305,519 | 167,274 | 472,793 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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658 | 98 | 277 | 1,033 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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361,946 | 4,246 | 170,432 | 536,624 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 44.4% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 14* | 1,431 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 172 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 12 | 133 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
33 | 47,876 | |||
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Active Cases |
14,128 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 47,487 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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664 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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193 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 91 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 61 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 12 | ||||
| Home | 13,398 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,917 | |||
| Imported | 7 | 1,124 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,061 | |||
| Under Investigation | 360 | 56,493 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 21-23, 2021)
- An 82-year-old Male from Clarendon
- A 73-year-old Female from Clarendon
- An 85-year-old Female from St. James
- A 72-year-old Female from St. James
- A 72-year-old Female from St. James
- A 69-year-old Female from St. James
- A 69-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Ann
- An 82-year-old Male from Portland
- A 57-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- An 86-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 69-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 67-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- An 80-year-old Female from Westmoreland
| Clinical Definitions | |
| Moderately Ill | Require hospitalisation but do not require oxygen supplementation. (Admission may be for non-COVID-19 specific conditions.) |
| Severely Ill | Require hospitalisation and oxygenation support but not high dependency support (highly specialised staff and/or equipment). |
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Critically Ill |
Require hospitalisation, oxygenation support and highly specialized staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing