Jamaica’s COVID-19 Cases Up To 173

The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Jamaica has risen to 173.

There are now:

• 34 imported cases;

• 25 that are import-related;

• 6 that are local transmission with no epidemiological link;

• 14 that are contacts of cases not epidemiologically linked; and

• 6 that are under investigation. Eighty-four (84) are Alorica workers and four (4) are contacts of Alorica workers.

The 10 new additions from Saturday and 17 from Friday include 22 Alorica workers and 2 who are contacts of Alorica workers.

Of that 27 in total, 18 are females and 9 are males.

So far, 1,605 samples have been tested: • 173 are positive; • 1,407 are negative; and • 25 are pending.

The current breakdown of COVID-19 cases by parish is as follows:

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