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:
| Hanover | 0 |
| St Elizabeth | 5 |
| St James | 8 |
| Trelawny | 1 |
| Westmoreland | 2 |
| Clarendon | 18 |
| Manchester | 12 |
| St Ann | 7 |
| St Catherine | 84 |
| St Mary | 1 |
| Portland | 6 |
| Kingston & St Andrew | 28 |
| St Thomas | 1 |
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