COVID-19 Update For Wednesday, May 12, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, May 13, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		98		47,020
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		47		26,311
Males		51		20,706
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		4 days to 89 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		3		2,574
Hanover		3		1,252
Kingston & St. Andrew		30		13,260
Manchester		4		2,824
Portland		1		1,529
St. Ann		1		3,032
St. Catherine		22		9,260
St. Elizabeth		4		1,884
St. James		16		4,472
St. Mary		10		1,496
St. Thomas		0		1,849
Trelawny		2		1,606
Westmoreland		2		1,982

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	74	23	1		98
Cumulative POSITIVES	42,996	1,688	2,336		47,020
NEGATIVE today	692	All negatives are included in PCR tests	618		1,310
Cumulative NEGATIVES	236,717		66,307		303,024
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	766	23	619		1,408
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	279,713	1,688	68,643		350,044
Positivity Rate^[1]	12.3%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		14*		834
Coincidental Deaths		0		123
Deaths under investigation		0		127
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		125		22,761
Active Cases		23,085

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		16
Number in Home Quarantine		24,819
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		164
Patients Moderately Ill		5
Patients Critically Ill		14
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		2
Home		22,896
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		1		2,525
Imported		0		920
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		2,166
Under Investigation		97		41,173
Workplace Cluster		0		236

[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing