COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, July 07, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 41 | 50,497 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 28 | 28,248 | |||
| Males | 13 | 22,246 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 83 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 1 | 2,732 | |||
| Hanover | 0 | 1,376 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 10 | 13,937 | |||
| Manchester | 2 | 3,014 | |||
| Portland | 2 | 1,597 | |||
| St. Ann | 14 | 3,370 | |||
| St. Catherine | 3 | 9,949 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 2,061 | |||
| St. James | 6 | 4,853 | |||
| St. Mary | 0 | 1,652 | |||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 1,988 | |||
| Trelawny | 0 | 1,711 | |||
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Westmoreland |
1 | 2,257 | |||
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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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36 | 5 | 0 | 41 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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45,885 | 2,101 | 2,511 | 50,497 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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769 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 1,318 | 2,087 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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271,572 | 130,279 | 401,851 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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805 | 5 | 1,318 | 2,128 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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317,457 | 2,101 | 132,790 | 452,348 | |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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5.1% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 7* | 1,108 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 |
154 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 114 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
1,013 | 35,777 | |||
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Active Cases |
13,253 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 45,438 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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113 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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23 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill
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14 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 0 | ||||
| Home | 13,138 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,657 | |||
| Imported | 1 | 964 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,528 | |||
| Under Investigation | 40 | 44,112 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS:
- A 74-year-old male from St. James
- A 68-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 57-year-old male from St. Catherine
- A 40-year-old female from Manchester whose death was previously under investigation
- A 60-year-old male from Manchester whose death was previously under investigation
- A 73-year-old male from Manchester whose death was previously under investigation
- A 72-year-old female from Westmoreland whose death was previously under investigation
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing