| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | |||
| Confirmed Cases | 221 | 86,126 | |||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||||
| Females | 118 | 48,996 | |||
| Males | 103 | 37,127 | |||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | |||
| AGE RANGE | 62 days to 96 years | 1 day to 108 years | |||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||||
| Clarendon | 18 | 4,626 | |||
| Hanover | 10 | 2,792 | |||
| KSA | 70 | 21,320 | |||
| Manchester | 6 | 5,768 | |||
| Portland | 12 | 2,369 | |||
| St. Ann | 2 | 6,379 | |||
| St. Catherine | 28 | 15,825 | |||
| St. Elizabeth | 3 | 3,931 | |||
| St. James | 33 | 8,485 | |||
| St. Mary | 7 | 2,785 | |||
| St. Thomas | 12 | 3,655 | |||
| Trelawny | 8 | 3,199 | |||
| Westmoreland | 12 | 4,992 | |||
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COVID TESTS |
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| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities
|
Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL | |
| POSITIVES Today
|
202 | 14 | 5 | 221 | |
| Cumulative POSITIVES
|
75,930 | 6,374 | 3,822 | 86,126 | |
| NEGATIVE today
|
1,022 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 559 | 1,581 | |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES
|
346,885 | 183,053 | 529,938 | ||
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY
|
1,224 | 14 | 564 | 1,802 | |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE
|
422,815 | 6,374 | 186,875 | 616,064 | |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 17.4% | ||||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||||
| Deaths | 5 | 2,000 | |||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 179 | |||
| Deaths under investigation | 2 | 315 | |||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||||
| Recovered | 200 | 54,295 | |||
| Active Cases | 221 | 29,245 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 1 | ||||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 34,493 | ||||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Number Hospitalised | 429 | ||||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 90 | ||||
| Patients Severely Ill | 53 | ||||
| Patients Critically Ill | 30 | ||||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,098 | |||
| Imported | 6 | 1,296 | |||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 3,877 | |||
| Under Investigation | 215 | 77,619 | |||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |||
DEATHS
- A 52 year old female from Trelawny.
- A 72 year old male from St. Thomas.
- A 79 year old female from KSA.
- A 43 year old female from St. Catherine.
- A 70 year old male from St. Ann.
The deaths occurred between September 11 and October 8.
| 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 specialised staff and/or equipment. |
[1] Based on data for RT-PCR and Public Sector COVID Rapid Antigen Testing