69 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Jamaica
Jamaica now has sixty-nine (69) confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The four (4) new COVID-19 cases are:
• A 52-year-old male from Manchester who is a contact of a confirmed case;
• A 73-year-old male, also from Manchester, who is also a contact of a confirmed case;
• A 46-year-old female from Manchester, who is a contact of a confirmed case; and
• A 19-year-old male from Clarendon, who is under investigation.
They bring to thirty-one (31) the number of imported cases, twenty-five (25) the number of import-related cases and thirteen (13) the number of cases under investigation.
The thirteen (13) cases under investigation have been traced to six (6) individuals who have given no history of travel or contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 prior to testing positive:
• One individual from Portland, two of whose contacts have tested positive;
• One from Kingston and St Andrew with five contacts who have tested positive; and • Four other individuals — one from St Mary, one from Clarendon and two from St Catherine.
The current breakdown of cases by parish are as follows:
| Hanover | 0 |
| St Elizabeth | 3 |
| St James | 5 |
| Trelawny | 0 |
| Westmoreland | 2 |
| Clarendon | 15 |
| Manchester | 9 |
| St Ann | 6 |
| St Catherine | 5 |
| St Mary | 1 |
| Portland | 5 |
| Kingston & St Andrew | 18 |
| St Thomas | 0 |
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