| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 74 | 87,797 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 36 | 49,947 | ||
| Males | 38 | 37,847 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 3 months to 87 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 22 | 4,741 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 2,844 | ||
| KSA | 14 | 21,738 | ||
| Manchester | 9 | 5,832 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,424 | ||
| St. Ann | 1 | 6,475 | ||
| St. Catherine | 15 | 16,239 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 2 | 4,023 | ||
| St. James | 3 | 8,607 | ||
| St. Mary | 4 | 2,839 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,752 | ||
| Trelawny | 3 | 3,254 | ||
| Westmoreland | 0 | 5,029 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| COVID TESTS
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
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62 | 6 | 6 | 74 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
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77,431 | 6,514 | 3,852 | 87,797 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
502 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 294 | 796 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
354,967 | 186,155 | 541,122 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
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564 | 6 | 300 | 870 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
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432,398 | 6,514 | 190,007 | 628,919 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 11.9% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 4 | 2,133 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 186 | ||
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 321 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 160 | 56,106 | ||
| Active Cases | 74 | 28,959 | ||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 0 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 37,205 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 360 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 67 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 39 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 23 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,114 | ||
| Imported | 0 | 1,307 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,053 | ||
| Under Investigation | 74 | 79,087 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- An 89-year-old male from Manchester.
- A 76-year-old male from St. Catherine.
- A 74-year-old female from St. Mary.
- A 72-year-old male from St. Ann.
The deaths occurred between October 17 and October 19, 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