| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 34 | 9,2052 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 19 | 52,365 | ||
| Males | 15 | 39,684 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 years to 91 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 3 | 4,944 | ||
| Hanover | 1 | 3,001 | ||
| KSA | 7 | 22,716 | ||
| Manchester | 0 | 5,997 | ||
| Portland | 1 | 2,523 | ||
| St. Ann | 4 | 6,885 | ||
| St. Catherine | 3 | 17,232 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,205 | ||
| St. James | 7 | 8,997 | ||
| St. Mary | 5 | 3,057 | ||
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3,961 | ||
| Trelawny | 1 | 3,365 | ||
| Westmoreland | 1 | 5,169 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today
|
32 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
81,182 | 6,938 | 3,932 | 92,052 |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,288 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 323 | 1,611 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
400,600 | 199,210 | 599,810 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,320 | 2 | 323 | 1,645 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
481,782 | 6,938 | 203,142 | 691,862 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 2.6% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 2 | 2,446 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 192 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 348 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 151 | 63,861 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 428 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 18,471 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 98 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 19 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 13 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 5 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,165 | ||
| Imported | 6 | 1,393 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,419 | ||
| Under Investigation | 28 | 82,839 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | ||
DEATHS
- A 77-year-old male from Kingston and St. Andrew.
- A 71-year-old female from St. Elizabeth.
The deaths occurred on December 16, 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