COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 276 | 93,226 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 142 | 53,029 | ||
| Males | 134 | 40,193 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 4 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 22 days to 92 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 4 | 4,953 | ||
| Hanover | 18 | 3,091 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 86 | 23,064 | ||
| Manchester | 5 | 6,016 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 2,532 | ||
| St. Ann | 39 | 7,031 | ||
| St. Catherine | 10 | 17,300 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 4,217 | ||
| St. James | 74 | 9,340 | ||
| St. Mary | 9 | 3,095 | ||
| St. Thomas | 2 | 3,979 | ||
| Trelawny | 16 | 3,401 | ||
| Westmoreland | 8 | 5,207 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
261 | 6 | 9 | 276 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
82,223 | 7,008 | 3,995 | 93,226 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,222 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 204 | 1,426 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
409,287 | 201,091 | 610,378 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,483 | 6 | 213 | 1,702 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
491,510 | 7,008 | 205,086 | 703,604 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 17.9% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 5* | 2,469 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 194 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 1 | 351 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 110 | 65,442 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | – | 951 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,691 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 87 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 19 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 16 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 4 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 22 | |||
| Home | 24,275 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,172 | ||
| Imported | 61 | 1,679 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,454 | ||
| Under Investigation | 215 | 83,685 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- A 94-year-old male from Trelawny
- A 78-year-old female from Trelawny
- A 91-year-old male from Trelawny
- An 87-year-old female from Trelawny
- An 82-year-old male from Trelawny
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing