COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, September 7, 2021
By: , September 8, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 672 | 73,496 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 414 | 41,708 | |||
| Males | 258 | 31,785 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 days to 101 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 45 | 3,766 | |||
| Hanover | 15 | 2,443 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 95 | 18,514 | |||
| Manchester | 93 | 5,067 | |||
| Portland | 32 | 1,994 | |||
| St. Ann | 11 | 5,390 | |||
| St. Catherine | 94 | 13,293 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 73 | 3,292 | |||
| St. James | 54 | 7,341 | |||
| St. Mary | 16 | 2,296 | |||
| St. Thomas | 83 | 2,886 | |||
| Trelawny | 22 | 2,716 | |||
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Westmoreland |
39 | 4,498 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
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Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
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596 | 59 | 17 | 672 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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64,502 | 5,454 | 3,540 | 73,496 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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897 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 558 | 1,455 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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318,211 | 172,855 | 491,066 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,493 | 59 | 577 | 2,129 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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382,713 | 5,454 | 176,397 | 564,564 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 42.2% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 20* | 1,666 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 173 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 9 | 205 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
90 | 49,135 | |||
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Active Cases |
22,225 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 46,791 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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786 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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158 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill
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122 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
50 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 7 | ||||
| Home | 21,399 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,049 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 1,182 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 3,533 | |||
| Under Investigation | 668 | 65,496 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 12- September 7, 2021)
- A 79-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 79-year-old Female from Manchester whose death was previously under investigation
- A 65-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 58-year-old Male from Manchester
- A 58-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 59-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 61-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 77-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 56-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 61-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 65-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 77-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 78-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 78-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 51-year-old Male from St. Thomas
- An 83-year-old Female from St. Thomas
- A 66-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 72-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 63-year-old Female from St. Mary
- A 64-year-old Male from St. Mary
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing