COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
By: March 3, 2021 ,The Full Story
NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | Â |
Confirmed Cases | 265 | 24,103 | |
SEX CLASSIFICATION | Â | Â | |
Males | 127 | 10,678 | |
Females | 138 | 13,422 | |
Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |
AGE RANGE | 10 months to 86 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
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PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | Â | Â | Â |
Clarendon | 4 | 1,369 | |
Hanover | 4 | 638 | |
Kingston & St. Andrew | 100 | 6,900 | |
Manchester | 15 | 1,648 | |
Portland | 8 | 557 | |
St. Ann | 19 | 1,587 | |
St. Catherine | 21 | 4,627 | |
St. Elizabeth | 15 | 835 | |
St. James | 30 | 2,672 | |
St. Mary | 6 | 636 | |
St. Thomas | 16 | 815 | |
Trelawny | 24 | 819 | |
Westmoreland
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3 | 1,000 | |
COVID-19 TESTING | |||
Samples Tested
 |
2,809+ | 218,4874 | +includes 1,825 Private Sector Antigen Tests
4 includes 14,631 Private Sector Antigen Tests |
Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
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24 | – | |
Results Positive
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265^ | 24,1031 | ^ includes 33 Private Sector Antigen Tests
1includes 482 from Private Sector Antigen Tests
 Public Sector = positivity rate of 23.5%   Private Sector = positivity rate of 1.8%
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Results Negative
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2,5452 | 194,5353 | 2 includes 1,792 from Private Sector Antigen Tests
3 includes 14, 149 Private Sector Antigen Tests
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Results Pending
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0 | 0 | |
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
Deaths
 |
3* | 435 | |
Coincidental Deaths
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3 | 89 | 1 was previously under investigation |
Deaths under investigation | 2 | 52 | |
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
Recovered
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120 | 13,745 | |
Active Cases
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   9,696 | ||
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
Number in Facility Quarantine
 |
3 | ||
Number in Home Quarantine
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20,087 | ||
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
Number Hospitalised
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282 | ||
Patients Moderately Ill
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41 | ||
Patients Critically Ill
|
30 | ||
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
State Facilities | 34 | ||
Home | 9,383 | ||
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
Imported | 0 | 708 | |
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1,213 | |
Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,995 | |
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
Under Investigation | 265 | 19,951 |
*DEATHS
- An 85-year-old male from Hanover.
- A 72-year-old male from Hanover.
- A 74-year-old female from Hanover.
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