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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, April 18, 2021

Published: April 19, 2021

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		246		44,136
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		133		24,702
Males		113		19,431
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		1 year to 92 years		1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		9		2,423
Hanover		2		1,197
Kingston & St. Andrew		87		12,654
Manchester		17		2,636
Portland		1		1,412
St. Ann		17		2,749
St. Catherine		55		8,694
St. Elizabeth		24		1,744
St. James		12		4,234
St. Mary		5		1,339
St. Thomas		8		1,704
Trelawny		3		1,531
Westmoreland		6		1,819

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	234	11	1		246
Cumulative POSITIVES	40,480	1,469	2,187		44,136
NEGATIVE today	811	All negatives are included in PCR tests	307		1,118
Cumulative NEGATIVES	220,611		51,420		272,031
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,045	11	308		1,364
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	261,091	1,469	53,607		316,167
Positivity Rate	23.2%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		4*		727
Coincidental Deaths		1		110
Deaths under investigation		0		119
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		122		19,832
Active Cases		246		23,261

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		2
Number in Home Quarantine		32,388
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		316
Patients Moderately Ill		27
Patients Critically Ill		34

Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		20
Home		22,927
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Contact of a Confirmed Case		5		2,374
Imported		0		869
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)		0		1,773
Under Investigation		241		38,884
Workplace Cluster		0		236

DEATHS*

Four (4) deaths were classified as covid-related deaths, there were: