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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, October 26, 2021

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL
Confirmed Cases 50 88,530
SEX CLASSIFICATION    
Females 24 50,335
Males 26 38,192
Under Investigation 0 3
AGE RANGE 1 year to 90 years 1 day to 108 years
     
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES    
Clarendon 0 4,776
Hanover 4 2,871
Kingston & St. Andrew 17 21,898
Manchester 1 5,848
Portland 1 2,464
St. Ann 1 6,528
St. Catherine 15 16,456
St. Elizabeth 1 4,053
St. James 5 8,658
St. Mary 2 2,857
St. Thomas 1 3,795
Trelawny 0 3,285
Westmoreland 2 5,041
     
COVID-19 TESTING    
Type of Tests PCR Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

 

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities TOTAL
POSITIVES Today

 

35 10 5 50
Cumulative POSITIVES

 

78,082 6,579 3,869 88,530
NEGATIVE today

 

552 All negatives are included in PCR tests 146 698
Cumulative NEGATIVES

 

359,917 187,956 547,873
TOTAL TESTS TODAY

 

587 10 151 748
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

 

437,999 6,579 191,825 636,403
Positivity Rate[1]  7.5%    
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS    
Deaths 8* 2,192
Coincidental Deaths 1 187
Deaths under investigation 3 324
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES    
Recovered 238 57,182
Active Cases  28,553  
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT    
Number in Facility Quarantine 0  
Number in Home Quarantine 40,983  
     
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT    
Number Hospitalized 297  
Patients Moderately Ill 63  
Patients Severely Ill 35  
Patients Critically Ill 18  
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION    
Step Down Facilities 0  
State Facilities 1  
Home 28,240  
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES    
Contact of a Confirmed Case 0 3,115
Imported 0 1,313
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) 0 4,055
Under Investigation 50 79,811
Workplace Cluster 0 236

 

*COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS (August 25 to October 25, 2021)

  • A 32-year-old Female from Trelawny whose death was previously under investigation
  • A 71-year-old Male from St. Catherine
  • A 91-year-old Female from Kingston & St. Andrew
  • A 59-year-old Male from Kingston & St. Andrew
  • A 63-year-old Male from St. Ann
  • A 66-year-old Male from Portland
  • A 54-year-old Female from St. Catherine
  • A 58-year-old Female from St. Mary

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