COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
By: , February 17, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |
| Confirmed Cases | 243 | 20,016 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 110 | 8,873 | |
| Females | 129 | 11,131 | |
| Under Investigation | 4 | 12 | |
| AGE RANGE | 38 days to 94 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 21 | 1,153 | |
| Hanover | 6 | 511 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 52 | 5,657 | |
| Manchester | 15 | 1443 | |
| Portland | 4 | 451 | |
| St. Ann | 8 | 1,259 | |
| St. Catherine | 19 | 3,877 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 15 | 718 | |
| St. James | 60 | 2,134 | |
| St. Mary | 3 | 565 | |
| St. Thomas | 19 | 672 | |
| Trelawny | 15 | 673 | |
|
Westmoreland
|
6 | 903 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
1,046 | 189,345 | |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
4 | – | |
| Results Positive
|
243^ | 20,016+ | ^ includes 51 Antigen Tests
+ includes 181 Antigen Tests
|
| Results Negative
|
854 | 168,985 | |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 12 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
3* | 381 | |
| Coincidental Deaths
|
2 | 75 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 5 | 45 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
51 | 12,735 | |
|
Active Cases
|
6,696 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
2 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
20,369 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
270 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
21 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
23 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 14 | ||
| Home | 6,409 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 658 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,109 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,839 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 243 | 16,174 |
*SUMMARY OF DEATHS
- A 74 year old male from St. Catherine
- A 94 year old male from Westmoreland
- A 59 year old male from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation