COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL	NOTES
Confirmed Cases		375		56,165
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		218		31,499
Males		157		24,663
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		46 days to 98 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		1		2,900
Hanover		11		1,648
Kingston & St. Andrew		181		15,394
Manchester		13		3,545
Portland		11		1,656
St. Ann		43		3,890
St. Catherine		75		10,722
St. Elizabeth		6		2,308
St. James		10		5,457
St. Mary		1		1,752
St. Thomas		10		2,149
Trelawny		3		1,831
Westmoreland		10		2,913

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	329	20	26		375
Cumulative POSITIVES	50,425	2,870	2,870		56,165
NEGATIVE today	752	All negatives are included in PCR tests	626		1,378
Cumulative NEGATIVES	295,061		162,474		457,535
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,081	20	652		1,753
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	345,486	2,870	165,344		513,700
Positivity Rate^[1]	31.7%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		14*		1,268
Coincidental Deaths		2		168	1 was under investigation
Deaths under investigation		0		108
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		32		47,365
Active Cases		7,165
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		7
Number in Home Quarantine		40,701
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		350
Patients Moderately Ill		79
Patients Critically Ill		35
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		6
Home		6,746
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		2,787
Imported		2		1,061
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		2		2,812
Under Investigation		371		49,269
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (February 12 – August 9, 2021)

An 85-year-old male from Manchester
A 45-year-old female from Manchester
A 72-year-old male from Manchester
A 62-year-old female from Manchester
A 77-year-old female from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
A 100-year-old female from St. James
A 70-year-old female from St. Catherine
An 82-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
An 81-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
A 61-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
An 88-year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
A 58-year-old female from Westmoreland
A 34-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
An 81-year-old male from St. Ann