COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
By: , June 24, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 46 | 49,841 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 29 | 27,871 | |||
| Males | 17 | 21,967 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 1 year to 91 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 2 | 2,711 | |||
| Hanover | 0 | 1,343 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 18 | 13,794 | |||
| Manchester | 2 | 2,981 | |||
| Portland | 0 | 1,588 | |||
| St. Ann | 0 | 3,301 | |||
| St. Catherine | 8 | 9,864 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 4 | 2,009 | |||
| St. James | 4 | 4,772 | |||
| St. Mary | 3 | 1,638 | |||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 1,969 | |||
| Trelawny | 2 | 1,693 | |||
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Westmoreland |
2 | 2,178 | |||
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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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37 | 2 | 7 | 46 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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45,352 | 2,020 | 2,469 | 49,841 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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1,086 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 1,480 | 2,566 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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263,515 | 116,195 | 379,710 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,123 | 2 | 1,487 | 2,612 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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308,867 | 2,020 | 118,664 | 429,551 | |
| Positivity Rate[1]
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3.4% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 7* | 1,049 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 |
150 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 121 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
192 | 29,322 | |||
| Active Cases | 19,108 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 9 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 39,310 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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122 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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24 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill
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9 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 0 | ||||
| Home | 18,980 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,614 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 958 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,469 | |||
| Under Investigation | 46 | 43,564 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATH
- An 80-year-old Male from St. Catherine, whose death was under investigation
- A 50-year-old Female from Clarendon, whose death was under investigation
- A 21-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was under investigation
- A 62-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was under investigation
- A 71-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew, whose death was under investigation
- An 89-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 74-year-old Male from Westmoreland
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing