COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, August 25, 2021
By: , August 26, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 463 | 64,294 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 286 | 36,329 | |||
| Males | 177 | 27,962 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 9 days to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 33 | 3,273 | |||
| Hanover | 16 | 2,066 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 80 | 16,784 | |||
| Manchester | 48 | 4,322 | |||
| Portland | 11 | 1,773 | |||
| St. Ann | 54 | 4,587 | |||
| St. Catherine | 63 | 11,832 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 53 | 2,821 | |||
| St. James | 36 | 6,346 | |||
| St. Mary | 10 | 1,973 | |||
| St. Thomas | 7 | 2,450 | |||
| Trelawny | 13 | 2,227 | |||
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Westmoreland |
39 | 3,840 | |||
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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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351 | 96 | 16 | 463 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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56,778 | 4,342 | 3,174 | 64,294 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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635 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 625 | 1,260 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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306,154 | 167,899 | 474,053 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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986 | 96 | 641 | 1,723 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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362,932 | 4,342 | 171,073 | 538,347 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 41.3% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 22* | 1,453 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 172 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 3 | 132 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
42 | 47,918 | |||
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Active Cases |
14,528 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 47,373 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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705 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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186 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 84 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 58 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 12 | ||||
| Home | 13,709 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,918 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 1,127 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,066 | |||
| Under Investigation | 460 | 56,947 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (May 22- August 24, 2021)
- A 66-year-old Male from St. James, whose death was previously under investigation
- A 63-year-old Female from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- An 86-year-old Female from St. James whose death was previously under investigation
- A 47-year-old Female from St. James
- A 71-year-old Female from St. James
- An 87-year-old Male from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation
- A 66-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 76-year-old Male from St. Catherine
- A 64-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 55-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 65-year-old Male from Hanover
- A 57-year-old Female from St. Catherine
- A 71-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 78-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 51-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 76-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 24-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- An 87-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 72-year-old Male from Hanover
- A 61-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 68-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 63-year-old Male from Clarendon
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing