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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, December 14, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 25 91,868
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 16 52,275
Males 9 39,590
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 11 months to 77 years 1 day to 108 years
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES    
Clarendon 0 4,938
Hanover 1 2,997
KSA 6 22,661
Manchester 2 5,984
Portland 0 2,522
St. Ann 0 6,863
St. Catherine 4 17,206
St. Elizabeth 0 4,196
St. James 12 8,968
St. Mary 0 3,051
St. Thomas 0 3,955
Trelawny 0 3,363
Westmoreland 0 5,164
COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

19 1 5 25
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

81,013 6,926 3,929 91,868
NEGATIVE today

 

593 All negatives are included in PCR tests 225 818
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

395,654 198,227 593,881
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

612 1 230 843
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

476,667 6,926 202,156 685,749
Positivity Rate[1] 3.3%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 3 2,432
Coincidental Deaths 0 191
Deaths Under Investigation 4 347
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 28 63,595
Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks   4,682
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 15,981  
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalised 104  
Patients Moderately Ill 21  
Patients Severely Ill 14  
Patients Critically Ill 2  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,158
Imported 8 1,368
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,412
Under Investigation 17 82,694
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

DEATHS

  1. A 76-year-old male from St James.
  2. A 71-year-old male from Hanover.
  3. A 87-year-old female from St Ann.

The deaths occurred between September 18 and December 13, 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