COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 1, 2021
By: , September 2, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 572 | 69,054 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 315 | 39,057 | |||
| Males | 257 | 29,994 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 17 days to 97 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 25 | 3,475 | |||
| Hanover | 14 | 2,261 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 167 | 17,594 | |||
| Manchester | 67 | 4,627 | |||
| Portland | 14 | 1,863 | |||
| St. Ann | 24 | 4,926 | |||
| St. Catherine | 84 | 12,443 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 14 | 3,069 | |||
| St. James | 67 | 6,835 | |||
| St. Mary | 9 | 2,145 | |||
| St. Thomas | 34 | 2,619 | |||
| Trelawny | 26 | 2,426 | |||
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Westmoreland |
27 | 4,199 | |||
| 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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455 | 66 | 51 | 572 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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60,729 | 4,935 | 3,390 | 69,054 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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775 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 338 | 1,113 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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311,520 | 170,406 | 481,926 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,230 | 66 | 389 | 1,685 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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372,249 | 4,935 | 173,796 | 550,980 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 40.2% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 19* | 1,568 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
1 | 173 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 10 | 175 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered |
91 | 48,493 | |||
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Active Cases |
18,554 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 47,466 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised
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669 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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184 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 101 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 48 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| State Facilities | 5 | ||||
| Home | 17,843 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 2,974 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 1,151 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,396 | |||
| Under Investigation | 571 | 61,297 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 29-31, 2021)
- A 38-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- A 72-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 63-year-old Male from St. Elizabeth
- A 43-year-old Female from St. Elizabeth
- An 86-year-old Female from St. Mary
- A 86-year-old Male from St. Mary
- A 68-year-old Male from St. Thomas
- A 68-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 57-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 55-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 76-year-old Male from Westmoreland
- A 64-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- A 37-year-old Female from Westmoreland
- An 87-year-old Male from St. Ann
- An 88-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 79-year-old Male from St. Ann
- A 54-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 74-year-old Female from St. Ann
- A 61-year-old Female from St. Ann
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing