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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Sunday, October 24, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 172 88,431
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 97 50,277
Males 75 38,151
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 9 months to 95 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 0 4,767
Hanover 9 2,866
KSA 29 21,869
Manchester 4 5,845
Portland 17 2,463
St. Ann 17 6,527
St. Catherine 33 16,431
St. Elizabeth 16 4,052
St. James 16 8,648
St. Mary 5 2,855
St. Thomas 18 3,791
Trelawny 8 3,280
Westmoreland 0 5,037
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

161 9 2 172
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

78,000 6,567 3,864 88,431
NEGATIVE today

 

984 All negatives are included in PCR tests 183 1,167
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

358,823 187,786 546,609
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

1,145 9 185 1,339
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

436,823 6,567 191,650 635,040
Positivity Rate[1] 14.7%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 4 2,183
Coincidental Deaths 0 186
Deaths under investigation 2 321
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 172 56,761
Active Cases 172 28,888
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 39,708  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalized 334  
Patients Moderately Ill 63  
Patients Severely Ill 37  
Patients Critically Ill 22  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 1 3,115
Imported 0 1,313
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,055
Under Investigation 171 79,712
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. A 46-year-old male from St. Elizabeth.
  2. A 58-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
  3. An 85-year-old male from KSA.
  4. A 73-year-old female from Portland.

The deaths occurred between October 19 and October 22, 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