COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, August 31, 2021
By: , September 1, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 351 | 68,482 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 183 | 38,742 | |||
| Males | 168 | 29,737 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 54 days to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 23 | 3,475 | |||
| Hanover | 14 | 2,261 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 96 | 17,594 | |||
| Manchester | 17 | 4,627 | |||
| Portland | 3 | 1,863 | |||
| St. Ann | 10 | 4,926 | |||
| St. Catherine | 52 | 12,443 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 25 | 3,069 | |||
| St. James | 31 | 6,835 | |||
| St. Mary | 0 | 2,145 | |||
| St. Thomas | 34 | 2,619 | |||
| Trelawny | 14 | 2,426 | |||
| Westmoreland | 32 | 4,199 | |||
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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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259 | 63 | 29 | 351 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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60,274 | 4,869 | 3,339 | 68,482 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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471 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 277 | 748 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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310,745 | 170,068 | 480,813 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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730 | 63 | 306 | 1,099 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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371,019 | 4,869 | 173,407 | 549,295 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 40.6% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 31* | 1,549 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 172 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 6 | 165 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 93 | 48,402 | |||
| Active Cases | 18,103 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 52,554 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised | 712 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 196 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 94 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 40 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 6 | ||||
| Home | 17,348 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 4 | 2,959 | |||
| Imported | 1 | 1,151 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 3,340 | |||
| Under Investigation | 345 | 60 796 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 23-30, 2021)
- A 40-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 82-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 53-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 79-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- An 86-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 77-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 73-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew whose death was previously under investigation
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 70-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 72-year-old Female from St. Ann
- An 84-year-old Male from St. Ann
- An 89-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 61-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 75-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 78-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 58-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 62-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 94-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 51-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 42-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 97-year-old Female from St. Thomas
- A 72-year-old Female from St. Thomas
- A 69-year-old Female from St. Thomas
- A 63-year-old Male from St. Thomas
- An 86-year-old Female from St. Mary
- A 23-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 51-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 37-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 52-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 71-year-old Female from Westmoreland
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing