COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | NOTES |
| Confirmed Cases | 69 | 12,423 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 31 | 5,656 | |
| Females | 38 | 6,765 | |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 2 | |
| AGE RANGE | 8 to 87 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 3 | 573 | |
| Hanover | 2 | 294 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 11 | 3,825 | |
| Manchester | 5 | 533 | |
| Portland | 0 | 355 | |
| St. Ann | 4 | 740 | |
| St. Catherine | 9 | 2,645 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 365 | |
| St. James | 12 | 1,315 | |
| St. Mary | 3 | 331 | |
| St. Thomas | 0 | 470 | |
| Trelawny | 2 | 332 | |
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Westmoreland
|
16 | 645 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
821 | 134,068 | |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
2 | ||
| Results Positive
|
69 | 12,423 | |
| Results Negative
|
752 | 121,633 | |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 12 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
2
|
290 | A 48 year old male of a Westmoreland address
A 37-year-old female of a Hanover address
BOTH DEATHS WERE PREVIOUSLY UNDER INVESTIGATION
|
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 44 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 27 | ONE PREVIOUSLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WAS FOUND TO HAVE RECOVERED AND DIED LATER OF OTHER UNRELATED CAUSES) |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
| Recovered
|
149 | 9,416 | ONE PREVIOUSLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WAS FOUND TO HAVE RECOVERED AND DIED LATER OF OTHER UNRELATED CAUSES |
| Active Cases
|
2,562 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
350 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
30,559 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
69 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
8 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
7 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 3 | ||
| Home | 2,499 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 533 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 894 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,507 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 69 | 9,253 |