Jamaica: Clinical Management Summary for Wednesday, December 29, 2021
From JIS
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | ||
| Confirmed Cases | 365 | 93,591 | ||
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | ||||
| Females | 202 | 53,231 | ||
| Males | 263 | 40,357 | ||
| Under Investigation | 0 | 3 | ||
| AGE RANGE | 4 months to 88 years | 1 day to 108 years | ||
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES | ||||
| Clarendon | 5 | 4,958 | ||
| Hanover | 0 | 3,091 | ||
| KSA | 293 | 23,358 | ||
| Manchester | 4 | 6,020 | ||
| Portland | 6 | 2,538 | ||
| St. Ann | 0 | 7,031 | ||
| St. Catherine | 21 | 17,321 | ||
| St. Elizabeth | 1 | 4,217 | ||
| St. James | 25 | 9,365 | ||
| St. Mary | 5 | 3,100 | ||
| St. Thomas | 3 | 3,982 | ||
| Trelawny | 0 | 3,401 | ||
| Westmoreland | 2 | 5,209 | ||
| COVID-19 TESTING | ||||
| Type of Tests | PCR | Antigen Tests from Public Facilities | Antigen Tests from Private Facilities | TOTAL |
| POSITIVES Today | 303 | 11 | 51 | 365 |
| Cumulative POSITIVES | 82,526 | 7,019 | 4,046 | 93,591 |
| NEGATIVE today | 653 | All negatives are included in PCR tests | 272 | 925 |
| Cumulative NEGATIVES | 409,940 | 201,363 | 611,303 | |
| TOTAL TESTS TODAY | 956 | 11 | 323 | 1,290 |
| TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE | 492,466 | 7,019 | 205,409 | 704,894 |
| Positivity Rate[1] | 32.5% | |||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Deaths | 1 | 2,470 | ||
| Coincidental Deaths | 0 | 194 | ||
| Deaths Under Investigation | 0 | 351 | ||
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | ||||
| Recovered | 66 | 65,508 | ||
| Active cases confirmed in the last 2 weeks | 1,144 | |||
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 5 | |||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 20,687 | |||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Number Hospitalised | 97 | |||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 20 | |||
| Patients Severely Ill | 14 | |||
| Patients Critically Ill | 2 | |||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | ||||
| Contact of a Confirmed Case | 0 | 3,172 | ||
| Imported | 139 | 1,818 | ||
| Local Transmission (Not Epi Linked) | 0 | 4,455 | ||
| Under Investigation | 226 | 83,910 | ||
| Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 |
DEATHS
- A 50-year-old male from KSA.
The death occurred on December 28, 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
