COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 56 | 90,961 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 33 | 51,734 | ||
| Males | 23 | 39,224 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 months to 93 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 0 | 4,897 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 2,949 | ||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 21 | 22,484 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,952 | ||
| Portland | 2 | 2,514 | ||
| St. Ann | 5 | 6,729 | ||
| St. Catherine | 7 | 17,074 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 4,174 | ||
| St. James | 9 | 8,826 | ||
| St. Mary | 2 | 2,986 | ||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 3,926 | ||
| Trelawny | 2 | 3,339 | ||
| Westmoreland | 5 | 5,111 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
49 | 6 | 1 | 56 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
80,243 | 6,804 | 3,914 | 90,961 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
669 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 82 | 751 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
381,267 | 195,620 | 576,887 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
718 | 6 | 83 | 807 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
461,510 | 6,804 | 199,534 | 667,848 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 7.6% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 2* | 2,367 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 191 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 2 | 344 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 103 | 62,171 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 817 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 47,642 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalized | 174 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 34 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 20 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 8 | |||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | |||
| State Facilities | 0 | |||
| Home | 25,614 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,144 | ||
| Imported | 1 | 1,336 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,332 | ||
| Under Investigation | 55 | 81,913 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS
- An 87 year old female from Trelawny
- A 69 year old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing