COVID-19 Update For Wednesday, May 5, 2021
By: , May 6, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 144 | 46,338 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 79 | 25,935 | |||
| Males | 65 | 20,400 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 1 day to 95 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 9 | 2,546 | |||
| Hanover | 7 | 1,238 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 21 | 13,120 | |||
| Manchester | 14 | 2,794 | |||
| Portland | 10 | 1,504 | |||
| St. Ann | 12 | 2,961 | |||
| St. Catherine | 17 | 9,101 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 13 | 1,851 | |||
| St. James | 21 | 4,415 | |||
| St. Mary | 4 | 1,456 | |||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 1,825 | |||
| Trelawny | 7 | 1,596 | |||
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Westmoreland |
8 | 1,931 | |||
| 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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110 | 31 | 3 | 144 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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42,382 | 1,636 | 2,320 | 46,338 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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614 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 365 | 979 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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230,785 | 61,769 | 292,554 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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724 | 31 | 368 | 1,123 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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273,167 | 1,636 | 64,089 | 338,892 | |
| Positivity Rate
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18.7% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths
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4*
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798 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths
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0 | 120 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 132 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
114 | 21,893 | |||
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Active Cases
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23,305 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine
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5 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine
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24,132 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalised
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227 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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12 | ||||
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Patients Critically Ill |
21 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 1 | ||||
| Home | 23,065 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,490 | |||
| Imported | 3 | 914 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 1 | 2,130 | |||
| Under Investigation | 140 | 40,568 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*DEATHS
- An 84-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 95-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 63-year-old Female from Manchester
- A 95-year-old Male from Clarendon whose death was previously under investigation