COVID-19 update for SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021 

NEW CASES  24 HRS  OVERALL 
Confirmed Cases  191  53,428 
SEX CLASSIFICATION     
Females  104  29,918 
Males  87  23,507 
Under Investigation  0  3 
AGE RANGE  3 months to 94 years  1 day to 108 years 
PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     
Clarendon  5  2,812 
Hanover  12  1,540 
KSA  31  14,630 
Manchester  15  3,280 
Portland  2  1,612 
St. Ann  16  3,658 
St. Catherine  5  10,323 
St. Elizabeth  0  2,223 
St. James  39  5,207 
St. Mary  10  1,717 
St. Thomas  5  2,042 
Trelawny  6  1,767 
 

Westmoreland 

 45  2,617 
 

COVID-19 TESTING 
Type of Tests  PCR  Antigen Tests from Public Facilities 

 

 Antigen Tests from Private Facilities  TOTAL 
POSITIVES Today 

 

 152  33  6  191 
Cumulative POSITIVES 

 

 48,315  2,401  2,712  53,428 
NEGATIVE Today 

 

 517  All negatives are included in PCR tests  1,041  1,558 
Cumulative NEGATIVES 

 

 289,034  157,053  446,087 
TOTAL TESTS TODAY 

 

 669  33  1,047  1,749 
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE 

 

 337,349  2,401  159,765  499,515 
Positivity Rate  26.4%     
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS  24 HRS  OVERALL 
Deaths  4*  1,200 
 

Coincidental Deaths 

 0  165 
Deaths under investigation  1   106 
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES     
Recovered  39  47,040 
Active Cases  191    4,826 
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT     
Number in Facility Quarantine  11   
Number in Home Quarantine  48,868   
 

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT 

 

    
Number Hospitalised  204   
 

Patients Moderately Ill 

 49   
Patients Critically Ill  26   
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES     
Contact of a Confirmed Case  1  2,751 
Imported  7  1,021 
Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)  1  2,701 
Under Investigation  182  46,719 
Workplace Cluster  0  236 

 

 

*DEATHS 

  1. A 73-year-old male from Hanover. 
  1. An 84-year-old male from Westmoreland. 
  1. A 54-year-old female from Westmoreland. 
  1. An 83-year-old female from KSA. 

 






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