COVID-19 update for Wednesday, August 4, 2021
By: August 5, 2021 ,The Full Story
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NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
Confirmed Cases | 200 | 53,839 | |||
SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
Females | 110 | 30,149 | |||
Males | 90 | 23,687 | |||
Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
AGE RANGE | 3 months to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | Â | Â | |||
Clarendon | 3 | 2,825 | |||
Hanover | 0 | 1,542 | |||
KSA | 71 | 14,772 | |||
Manchester | 16 | 3,317 | |||
Portland | 2 | 1,620 | |||
St. Ann | 26 | 3687 | |||
St. Catherine | 30 | 10,372 | |||
St. Elizabeth | 1 | 2,229 | |||
St. James | 20 | 5,251 | |||
St. Mary | 2 | 1,720 | |||
St. Thomas | 24 | 2,069 | |||
Trelawny | 0 | 1,770 | |||
Westmoreland |
5 | 2,665 | |||
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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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146 | 12 | 42 | 200 | |
Cumulative POSITIVES
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48,624 | 2,437 | 2,778 | 53,839 | |
NEGATIVE Today
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722 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 1,016 | 1,738 | |
Cumulative NEGATIVES
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290,609 | 159,623 | 450,232 | ||
TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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868 | 12 | 1,058 | 1,938 | |
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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339,233 | 2,437 | 162,401 | 504,071 | |
Positivity Rate | 18% | ||||
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
Deaths | *4 | 1,211 | |||
Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 166 | |||
Deaths under investigation | 0 | Â 106 | |||
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | Â | Â | |||
Recovered |
26 | 47,127 | |||
Active Cases |
200 | Â 5,138 | |||
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
Number in Facility Quarantine | 9 | ||||
Number in Home Quarantine | 47,013 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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Number Hospitalised | 216 | ||||
Patients Moderately Ill |
54 | ||||
Patients Critically Ill |
37 | ||||
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
Contact of a Confirmed Case | 5 | 2,761 | |||
Imported | 14 | 1,045 | |||
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,724 | |||
Under Investigation | 181 | 47,073 | |||
Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
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*DEATHS
- A 69-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 26-year-old male from Clarendon.
- A 26-year-old female from Clarendon.
- A 67-year-old male from Westmoreland.