COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 22, 2021
By: , September 23, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 435 | 81,394 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 227 | 46,290 | |||
| Males | 182 | 35,069 | |||
| Under Investigation | 26 | 35 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 2 days to 95 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
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| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 36 | 4,289 | |||
| Hanover | 2 | 2,675 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 120 | 20,206 | |||
| Manchester | 36 | 5,580 | |||
| Portland | 16 | 2,205 | |||
| St. Ann | 18 | 6,047 | |||
| St. Catherine | 95 | 14,742 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 58 | 3,728 | |||
| St. James | 26 | 8,069 | |||
| St. Mary | 1 | 2,580 | |||
| St. Thomas | 19 | 3,393 | |||
| Trelawny | 3 | 3,043 | |||
| Westmoreland | 5 | 4,837 | |||
| 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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411 | 12 | 12 | 435 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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71,575 | 6,086 | 3,733 | 81,394 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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934 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 597 | 1,531 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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331,234 | 177,819 | 509,053 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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1,345 | 12 | 609 | 1,966 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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402,809 | 6,086 | 181,552 | 590,447 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 31.2% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 6* | 1,809 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 178 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 10 | 291 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 187 | 51,544 | |||
| Active Cases | 27,480 | ||||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 4 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 38,442 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalized | 670 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 137 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 97 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 50 | ||||
| NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION | |||||
| State Facilities | 8 | ||||
| Step Down Facilities | 0 | ||||
| Home | 26,778 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,061 | |||
| Imported | 0 | 1,225 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,551 | |||
| Under Investigation | 435 | 73,321 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 24-September 20, 2021)
- A 27-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 35- year-old female from Kingston & St. Andrew
- A 47- year –old female from Manchester
- A 59-year-old female from St. Elizabeth
- A 67-year-old female from Manchester
- A 76-year-old male from St. Catherine
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing