COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
By: , March 4, 2021The Full Story
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
NOTES
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| Confirmed Cases | 341 | 24,444 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Females | 197 | 13,619 | |
| Males | 140 | 10,818 | |
| Under Investigation | 4 | 7 | |
| AGE RANGE | 16 days to 89 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 7 | 1,376 | |
| Hanover | 20 | 658 | |
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 154 | 7,054 | |
| Manchester | 8 | 1,656 | |
| Portland | 2 | 559 | |
| St. Ann | 23 | 1,610 | |
| St. Catherine | 41 | 4,668 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 835 | |
| St. James | 56 | 2,727 | |
| St. Mary | 10 | 646 | |
| St. Thomas | 1 | 816 | |
| Trelawny | 15 | 835 | |
|
Westmoreland
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4 | 1,004 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| Samples Tested
|
1,9011 | 220,3882 | 1 includes 839 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
2 includes 15,470 from Private Sector Antigen Testing |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours
|
16 | – | |
| Results Positive
|
3413 | 24,4444 | 3 includes 58 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
4 includes 540 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
Public Sector Positivity Rate = 26.6%
Private Sector Positivity Rate = 0.07% |
| Results Negative
|
1,5605 | 196,0956 | 5 includes 781 from Private Sector Antigen Testing
6includes 14,930 from Private Sector Antigen Testing |
| Results Pending
|
0 | 0 | |
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths
|
1 | 436 | A 97-year-old female from Kingston and St. Andrew |
| Coincidental Deaths
|
0 | 89 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 1 | 53 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
|
Recovered
|
124 | 13,869 | |
|
Active Cases
|
9,911 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
|
4 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine
|
19,811 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised
|
275 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill
|
66 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill
|
27 | ||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||
| State Facilities | 33 | ||
| Home | 9,012 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 708 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked) | 0 | 1,213 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 0 | 1,995 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 341 | 20,292 |