COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
By: , February 24, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |
| Confirmed Cases | 193 | 22,019 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 93 | 9,770 | |
| Females | 97 | 12,243 | |
| Under Investigation | 3 | 6 | |
| AGE RANGE | 19 days to 89 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 1 | 1,265 | |
| Hanover | 10 | 577 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 42 | 6,210 | |
| Manchester | 4 | 1,551 | |
| Portland | 22 | 507 | |
| St. Ann | 28 | 1,436 | |
| St. Catherine | 36 | 4,258 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 784 | |
| St. James | 25 | 2,360 | |
| St. Mary | 2 | 599 | |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 745 | |
| Trelawny | 8 | 768 | |
|
Westmoreland
|
10 | 959 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
1,017 | 196,759 | |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
3 | – | |
| Results Positive
|
193 | 22,019^ | ^ includes 386 positives from Antigen Tests |
| Results Negative
|
824 | 175,114 | |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 12 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
1 | 406 | A 55 year old male from St James.
|
| Coincidental Deaths
|
2 | 81 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 49 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
61 | 13,107 | |
|
Active Cases
|
8,292 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
16 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
21,934 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
268 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
35 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
20 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 43 | ||
| Home | 7,982 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 663 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,168 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,966 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 193 | 17,986 |