COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, July 21, 2021
By: , July 22, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 138 | 51,542 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 85 | 28,856 | ||
| Males | 53 | 22,683 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 days to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 7 | 2,763 | ||
| Hanover | 4 | 1,440 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 51 | 14,201 | ||
| Manchester | 12 | 3,091 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 1,601 | ||
| St. Ann | 1 | 3,466 | ||
| St. Catherine | 4 | 10,071 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 17 | 2,132 | ||
| St. James | 32 | 4,985 | ||
| St. Mary | 2 | 1,675 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 1,998 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 1,729 | ||
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Westmoreland |
5 | 2,390 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| 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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122 | 10 | 6 | 138 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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46,765 | 2,201 | 2,576 | 51,542 |
| NEGATIVE today
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823 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 600 | 1,423 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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281,572 | 145,637 | 427,209 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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945 | 10 | 606 | 1,561 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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328,337 | 2,201 | 148,213 | 478,751 |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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13.8% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 4* | 1,167 | ||
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Coincidental Deaths |
2
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162 | One case was under investigation | |
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 101 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
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Recovered |
22 | 46,773 | ||
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Active Cases |
3,248 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 10 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 43,802 | |||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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122 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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34 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 16 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 3 | |||
| Home | 3,113 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,680 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 986 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,586 | ||
| Under Investigation | 138 | 45,054 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-RELATED DEATHS:
- A 57 year old male from St James
- A 75 year old male from St. James
- A 72 year old female from St James, whose death was formerly under investigation
- A 64 year old male from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing