COVID19 Update for Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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NEW CASES	24 HRS	OVERALL
Confirmed Cases	248	22,267
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Males	111	9,882
Females	130	12,375
Under Investigation	7	10
AGE RANGE	4 months to 97 years	1 day to 104 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon	33	1,297
Hanover	6	583
Kingston & St. Andrew	91	6,301
Manchester	7	1,558
Portland	2	509
St. Ann	7	1,443
St. Catherine	46	4,304
St. Elizabeth	5	789
St. James	15	2,376
St. Mary	9	608
St. Thomas	15	760
Trelawny	10	778
Westmoreland	2	961

COVID-19 TESTING
Samples Tested	918	199,989³	³ includes 2,312 Antigen Tests
Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours	5	–
Results Positive	248^	22,267¹	^ includes 77 Antigen Tests ¹includes 463 Antigen Tests
Results Negative	747	177,710²	² includes 1,849 Antigen Tests
Results Pending	0	12
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths	4*	410
Coincidental Deaths	3	84
Deaths under investigation	2	50
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered	66	13,173
Active Cases	8,466
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine	16
Number in Home Quarantine	21,855
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised	275
Patients Moderately Ill	34
Patients Critically Ill	21
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities	0
State Facilities	40
Home	8,152
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Imported	0	664
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked)	0	1,176
Contacts of Confirmed Cases	0	1,976
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster	0	236
Under Investigation	248	18,215

*DEATHS

Four (4) deaths were classified as COVID-related deaths:

A 57 years old male from St. Catherine.
A 66 years old male from St. Elizabeth.
A 57 years old female from St. James.
A 103 years old female from St. Catherine whose death was previously under investigation.

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