COVID-19 Update of Thursday, April 15, 2021
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| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Confirmed Cases | 233 | 43,473 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 134 | 24,332 | |||
| Males | 99 | 19,138 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 99 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 7 | 2,400 | |||
| Hanover | 3 | 1,188 | |||
| Kingston & St. Andrew | 59 | 12,433 | |||
| Manchester | 8 | 2,581 | |||
| Portland | 9 | 1,405 | |||
| St. Ann | 17 | 2,709 | |||
| St. Catherine | 75 | 8,563 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 1,693 | |||
| St. James | 18 | 4,199 | |||
| St. Mary | 11 | 1,314 | |||
| St. Thomas | 13 | 1,677 | |||
| Trelawny | 6 | 1,510 | |||
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Westmoreland |
7 | 1,801 | |||
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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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193 | 14 | 26 | 233 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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39,871 | 1,440 | 2,162 | 43,473 | |
| NEGATIVE Today
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748 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 530 | 1,278 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
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218,477 | 49,799 | 268,276 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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941 | 14 | 556 | 1,511 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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258,348 | 1,440 | 51,961 | 311,749 | |
| Positivity Rate
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21.7% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | 24 HRS | OVERALL |
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| Deaths
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*16
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713
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See below for details of the deaths.
The deaths occurred between January 12 and April 14, 2021.
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| Coincidental Deaths
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1 | 107 | One of the deaths was formerly under investigation.
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| Deaths under investigation
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5 | 116 | Five of the deaths recorded were previously under investigation.
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| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
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Recovered
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103 | 19,472 | |||
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Active Cases
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233 | 22,978 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine
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30,760 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalised
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356 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill
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41 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 33 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 1 | 2,363 | |||
| Imported | 6 | 862 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 1,748 | |||
| Under Investigation | 226 | 38,264 | |||
| Workplace Cluster
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0 | 236 | |||
*DEATHS
- A 58-year-old male from KSA.
- A 54-year- old female from Hanover.
- A 77-year-male from St. James.
- A 69-year-old male from St. Ann.
- A 47-year-old female from Trelawny.
- A 63-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 67-year-old male from St. Catherine.
- A 73-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 34-year-old male from St. James.
- An 80-year-old male from St. Catherine.
- A 76-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
- A 2-year-old male from Portland.
- A 75-year-old Female from Hanover.
- A 56-year-old female from Trelawny.
- An 87-year-old female from Westmoreland.
- A 60-year-old male from KSA.