COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 53 | 92,279 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 31 | 52,494 | ||
| Males | 22 | 39,782 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 2 years to 83 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 4,946 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 3,026 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 19 | 22,765 | ||
| Manchester | 3 | 6,004 | ||
| Portland | 0 | 2,525 | ||
| St. Ann | 3 | 6,913 | ||
| St. Catherine | 2 | 17,243 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 4,211 | ||
| St. James | 23 | 9,078 | ||
| St. Mary | 0 | 3,066 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,966 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,370 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,166 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
39 | 8 | 6 | 53 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,383 | 6,953 | 3,943 | 92,279 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
623 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 195 | 818 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
403,937 | 199,890 | 603,827 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
662 | 8 | 201 | 871 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
485,320 | 6,953 | 203,833 | 696,106 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 7% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 11* | 2,461 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 192 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 348 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 148 | 64,582 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 426 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,991 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 93 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 24 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 13 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 0 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 12 | |||
| Home | 24,457 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,168 | ||
| Imported | 14 | 1,477 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,433 | ||
| Under Investigation | 39 | 82,965 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
* COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 30- December 20, 2021)
- A 66-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
- An 84-year-old male from Trelawny
- A 56-year-old Female from Trelawny
- A 78-year-old male from Trelawny
- An 83-year-old Female from Trelawny
- A 63-year-old Female from Trelawny
- An 85-year-old male from Trelawny
- A 51-year-old male from Trelawny
- A 103-year-old Female from Trelawny
- A 56-year-old male from Trelawny
- An 83-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing