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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Saturday, October 23, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 100 88,259
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 59 50,176
Males 41 38,080
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 1 year to 96 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 7 4,763
Hanover 4 2,857
KSA 32 21,839
Manchester 3 5,847
Portland 2 2,446
St. Ann 3 6,510
St. Catherine 25 16,398
St. Elizabeth 4 4,034
St. James 4 8,632
St. Mary 7 2,850
St. Thomas 0 3,773
Trelawny 6 3,273
Westmoreland 3 5,037
COVID TESTS

 

Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

91 4 5 100
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

77,839 6,558 3,862 88,259
NEGATIVE today

 

963 All negatives are included in PCR tests 578 1,541
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

357,839 187,603 545,442
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,054 4 583 1,641
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

435,678 6,558 191,465 633,701
Positivity Rate[1] 9.0%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 4 2,179
Coincidental Deaths 0 186
Deaths under investigation 0 319
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 154 56,589
Active Cases 100 28,894
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 39,234  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalized 338  
Patients Moderately Ill 58  
Severely Ill 36  
Patients Critically Ill 21  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,114
Imported 3 1,313
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,055
Under Investigation 97 79,541
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. An 88 year old male from Westmoreland.
  2. A 61 year old female from Westmoreland.
  3. An 85 year old male from St. Mary.
  4. A 66 year old female from Portland.

The deaths occurred between September 2 and October 21, 2021.

 

Clinical Definitions
Moderately Ill                Require hospitalisation but do not require oxygen supplementation. (Admission may be for non-COVID-19 specific conditions.)
Severely Ill                Require hospitalisation and oxygenation support but not high dependency support (highly specialised staff and/or equipment).
Critically Ill                    Require hospitalisation, oxygenation support and highly specialized staff and/or equipment.

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