COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, May 11, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, May 12, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		101		46,922
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		51		26,264
Males		50		20,655
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		6 months to 88 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		7		2,571
Hanover		0		1,249
Kingston & St. Andrew		15		13,230
Manchester		9		2,820
Portland		3		1,528
St. Ann		5		3,031
St. Catherine		30		9,238
St. Elizabeth		9		1,880
St. James		1		4,456
St. Mary		3		1,486
St. Thomas		9		1,849
Trelawny		1		1,604
Westmoreland		9		1,980


COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	92	6	3		101
Cumulative POSITIVES	42,922	1,665	2,335		46,922
NEGATIVE today	666	All negatives are included in PCR tests	613		1,279
Cumulative NEGATIVES	236,025		65,689		301,714
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	758	6	616		1,380
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	278,947	1,665	68,024		348,636
Positivity Rate[1]	12.8%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		6*		820
Coincidental Deaths		1		123
Deaths under investigation		1		132
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		119		22,636
Active Cases		23,121


QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		16
Number in Home Quarantine		24,018
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		175
Patients Moderately Ill		5
Patients Critically Ill		14
NON-HOSPIAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		3
Home		22,932
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		6		2,517
Imported		1		920
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		3		2,166
Under Investigation		91		41,083
Workplace Cluster		0		236

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing

*COVID-RELATED DEATHS: