COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 32 | 91,304 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 15 | 51,942 | ||
| Males | 17 | 39,359 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 92 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 4,919 | ||
| Hanover | 2 | 2,961 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 7 | 22,557 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,962 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,516 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 6,770 | ||
| St. Catherine | 11 | 17,131 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,185 | ||
| St. James | 3 | 8,869 | ||
| St. Mary | 3 | 3,019 | ||
| St. Thomas | 2 | 3,935 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,350 | ||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,130 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
25 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,534 | 6,852 | 3,918 | 91,304 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
509 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 163 | 672 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
386,269 | 196,565 | 582,834 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
534 | 4 | 166 | 704 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
466,803 | 6,852 | 200,483 | 674,138 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 5.4% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 6* | 2,402 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 343 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 36 | 62,702 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 678 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 45,714 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 156 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 34 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 9 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 0 | |||
| Home | 25,404 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 3,150 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,342 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,383 | ||
| Under Investigation | 31 | 82,193 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- A 42-year-old female from St. Catherine
- A 66-year-old female from St. Catherine
- An 83-year-old male from St. Elizabeth
- A 39-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 37-year-old female from St. Elizabeth whose death was previously under investigation
- An 87-year-old female from St. Elizabeth whose death was previously under investigation
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing