COVID-19 Update for Wednesday, September 8, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, September 9, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		511		74,007
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		302		42,010
Males		209		31,994
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		3 months to 104 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		56		3,822
Hanover		5		2,448
Kingston & St. Andrew		130		18,644
Manchester		34		5,101
Portland		0		1,994
St. Ann		35		5,425
St. Catherine		100		13,393
St. Elizabeth		32		3,324
St. James		26		7,367
St. Mary		5		2,301
St. Thomas		64		2,950
Trelawny		4		2,720
Westmoreland		20		4,518

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	465	30	16		511
Cumulative POSITIVES	64,967	5,484	3,556		74,007
NEGATIVE today	1,028	All negatives are included in PCR tests	163		1,191
Cumulative NEGATIVES	319,239		173,018		492,257
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,493	30	179		1,702
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	384,206	5,484	176,576		566,266
Positivity Rate^[1]	32.5%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		19*		1,685
Coincidental Deaths		1		174
Deaths under investigation		5		210
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		96		49,231
Active Cases		22,615
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		1
Number in Home Quarantine		45,997
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		740
Patients Moderately Ill		149
Patients Severely Ill		124
Patients Critically Ill		52
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		6
Home		21,829
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		0		3,049
Imported		4		1,186
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		3,539
Under Investigation		507		65,997
Workplace Cluster		0		236

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: (August 11-September 7, 2021)

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