COVID-19 Update: One More Death, 56 New Cases

Regrettably, Jamaica has recorded another COVID-19-related death.

The deceased is an imported case of a 69-year-old female from Manchester. The total death toll from COVID-19 is now at 16.

The country has also recorded 56 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. These bring the total cases on record for the island to 1,346. Additionally, recoveries remained at 788 (61.1% recovery rate).

The newly confirmed cases are comprised of 19 males and 37 females, with ages ranging from 6 to 89 years old. Nine of the new cases are contacts of confirmed cases; five are local transmission not epidemiologically linked; two are imported, arriving on flights from USA and the UK; and 40 cases are under investigation.

The cases were recorded in Kingston & St. Andrew (21), St. Thomas (17), St. Catherine (11), Clarendon (4), Manchester (2) and St. Ann (1).

Seven moderately ill patients and four critically ill patients are among the 471 (35%) active cases now under observation in Jamaica. Seventy-one (71) of the cases recorded on the island have returned to their countries of origin.

Some 28,865 persons of interest are quarantined at home, while eight remain in quarantine at a government facility.

Jamaica now has 433 imported cases; 435 cases that are contacts of confirmed cases; 125 local transmission cases not epidemiologically linked; 236 related to the workplace cluster in St. Catherine and 117 are under investigation.

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