COVID-19 update of Sunday, August 8, 2021
By: , August 9, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 281 | 55,140 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 167 | 30,908 | |||
| Males | 114 | 24,229 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 80 days to 96 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 5 | 2,864 | |||
| Hanover | 11 | 1,613 | |||
| KSA | 73 | 15,071 | |||
| Manchester | 51 | 3,464 | |||
| Portland | 10 | 1,635 | |||
| St. Ann | 15 | 3,813 | |||
| St. Catherine | 40 | 10,577 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 16 | 2,278 | |||
| St. James | 14 | 5,384 | |||
| St. Mary | 6 | 1,744 | |||
| St. Thomas | 1 | 2,098 | |||
| Trelawny | 8 | 1,804 | |||
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Westmoreland |
31 | 2,795 | |||
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COVID-19 TESTING |
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| 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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204 | 62 | 15 | 281 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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49,588 | 2,717 | 2,835 | 55,140 | |
| NEGATIVE today
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612 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 467 | 1,079 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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293,210 | 161,496 | 454,706 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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816 | 62 | 482 | 1,360 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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342,798 | 2,717 | 164,331 | 509,846 | |
| Positivity Rate | 30.3% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Deaths | 9* | 1,231 | |||
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Coincidental Deaths |
0 | 166 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 110 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 39 | 47,270 | |||
|
Active Cases |
281 | 6,272 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 7 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 43,705 | ||||
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
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| Number Hospitalised | 270 | ||||
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Patients Moderately Ill |
66 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 34 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 2,769 | |||
| Imported | 2 | 1,053 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 2,748 | |||
| Under Investigation | 279 | 48,334 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
*DEATHS
- A 57-year-old male from KSA.
- A 48-year-old female from St. Ann.
- An 84-year-old female from KSA.
- A 40-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
- A 60-year-old male from KSA.
- A 50-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 74-year-old male from KSA.
- A 62-year-old female from KSA.
- A 97-year-old female from KSA.
Note: 2 deaths were previously under investigation.