COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, April 6, 2021 – Ministry of Health & Wellness, Jamaica

NEW CASES

24 HRS

OVERALL

NOTES

Confirmed Cases

72

41,400

SEX CLASSIFICATION

Females

37

23,232

Males

35

18,165

Under Investigation

0

3

AGE RANGE

4 months to 92 years

1 day to 108 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES

Clarendon

0

2,298

Hanover

5

1,153

KSA

36

11,862

Manchester

1

2,474

Portland

4

1,342

St. Ann

2

2,572

St. Catherine

11

8,135

St. Elizabeth

0

1,606

St. James

6

4,007

St. Mary

0

1,218

St. Thomas

2

1,576

Trelawny

0

1,454

Westmoreland

5

1,703

COVID-19 TESTING

Type of Tests

PCR

Antigen Tests from Public Facilities

Antigen Tests from Private Facilities

TOTAL

POSITIVES Today

59

10

3

72

Cumulative POSITIVES

38,118

1,344

1,938

41,400

NEGATIVE today

122

All negatives are included in PCR tests

197

319

Cumulative NEGATIVES

212,318

41,071

253,389

TOTAL TESTS TODAY

181

10

200

391

TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE

250,436

1,344

43,009

294,789

Positivity Rate

36.1%

DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

24 HRS

OVERALL

NOTES

Deaths

9*

631

Coincidental Deaths

0

102

Deaths under investigation

1

104

RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES

Recovered

0

18,444

Active Cases

70*

22,033

Two of the new cases died*

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT

Number in Facility Quarantine

22

Number in Home Quarantine

26,759

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

Number Hospitalised

417

Patients Moderately Ill

42

Patients Critically Ill

37

TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES

Contact of a Confirmed Case

0

2,301

Imported

1

805

Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked)

2

1,641

Under Investigation

69

36,417

Workplace Cluster

0

236