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COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, December 8, 2020

By: , December 9, 2020

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NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL NOTES
Confirmed Cases 98 11,369  
SEX CLASSIFICATION      
Males 56 5,192  
Females 42 6,175  
Under Investigation 0 2  
AGE RANGE 6 years to 95 years 1 day to 104 years  
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES      
Clarendon 7 512  
Hanover 2 252  
KSA 15 3,674  
Manchester 1 433  
Portland 0 343  
St. Ann 9 647  
St. Catherine 31 2,475  
St. Elizabeth 6 322  
St. James 12 1,191  
St. Mary 2 305  
St. Thomas 2 429  
Trelawny 0 285  
 

Westmoreland

 

11 501  
COVID-19 TESTING      
Samples Tested

 

1,114 122,186  
Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours

 

2    
Results Positive

 

98 11,369  
Results Negative

 

1016 110,806  
Results Pending

 

 

0 11  
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS      
Deaths

 

1

 

 

 

 

266

 

 

 

 

The deceased is a 60-year-old female from Kingston and St. Andrew.
Coincidental Deaths 0 38  
Deaths under investigation 0 31  
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES      
Recovered

 

 

98 7,390  
Active Cases

 

 

98 3,560  
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT      
Number in Facility Quarantine

 

 

2    
Number in Home Quarantine

 

27,976    
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT      
Number Hospitalised

 

89    
Patients Moderately Ill

 

 

24    
Patients Critically Ill

 

 

 

7    
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES      
Imported 0 522  
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked) 0 802  
Contacts of Confirmed Cases 0 1,376  
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster 0 236  
Under Investigation 98 8,433  
Last Updated: December 9, 2020