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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Monday, March 1, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES
Confirmed Cases 239 23,838  
SEX CLASSIFICATION      
Males 104 13,284  
Females 135 10,551  
Under Investigation 0 3  
AGE RANGE 5 months to 101 years 1 day to 104 years  
       
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES      
Clarendon 20 1,365  
Hanover 6 634  
KSA 61 6,801  
Manchester 13 1,633  
Portland 20 549  
St. Ann 67 1,568  
St. Catherine 19 4,605  
St. Elizabeth 7 820  
St. James 18 2,642  
St. Mary 5 630  
St. Thomas 0 799  
Trelawny 3 795  
Westmoreland 0 997  
COVID-19 TESTING      
Samples Tested *1,819 ^215,678 *Includes 803 antigen tests from the private sector

^Includes 12,806 antigen tests from the private sector

Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours 16    
Results Positive *239 ^23,838 *Includes 8 antigen tests from the private sector

8 antigen positives from the private sector = positivity rate of 1.0%

231 tests (213 RT-PCR & 18 antigen) from the public sector = positivity rate of 22.7%

^Includes 449 antigen tests from the private sector

Results Negative 1,579 191,990  
Results Pending 1 1  
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS      
Deaths 7 432 1.        83-year-old male from Manchester.

2.        84-year- old male from KSA.

3.        75-year-old male from KSA.

4.        72-year-old female from Westmoreland.

5.        61-year-old male from Trelawny.

6.        78-year-old female from KSA.

7.        16-year-old female from KSA.

Two of the deaths were previously classified as under investigation.

Coincidental Deaths 1 86  
Deaths under investigation 0 51  
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES      
Recovered 123 13,625  
Active Cases 239 9,558  
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT      
Number in Facility Quarantine 3    
Number in Home Quarantine 21,486    
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT      
Number Hospitalised 260    
Patients Moderately Ill 27    
Patients Critically Ill 25    
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES      
Imported 1 695  
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked) 0 1,209  
Contacts of Confirmed Cases 0 1,991  
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster 0 236  
Under Investigation 238 19,707