COVID-19 Update for Sunday, March 14, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, March 15, 2021

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS		OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		806		31,305
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		440		17,550
Males		366		13,752
Under Investigation		0		3
AGE RANGE		42 days to 98 years		1 day to 104 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		70		1,752
Hanover		27		898
Kingston & St. Andrew		150		8,877
Manchester		40		1,993
Portland		34		907
St. Ann		64		2,051
St. Catherine		205		6,043
St. Elizabeth		69		1,139
St. James		73		3,305
St. Mary		16		821
St. Thomas		26		1,147
Trelawny		27		1,159
Westmoreland		5		1,213

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities		TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	774	0	32		806
Cumulative POSITIVES	29,318	883	1,104		31,305
NEGATIVE today	1,281	All negatives are included in PCR tests	831		2,112
Cumulative NEGATIVES	193,259		21,717		214,976
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	2,055	0	863		2,918
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	222,577	883	22,821		246,281
Positivity Rate	37.7%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		7*		492
Coincidental Deaths		0		92
Deaths under investigation		0		57
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		114		15,253
Active Cases		15,325

QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		2
Number in Home Quarantine		21,406
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		366
Patients Moderately Ill		32
Patients Critically Ill		35
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		14
Home		14,950
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Imported		0		720
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked)		0		1,339
Contacts of Confirmed Cases		1		2,069
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster		0		236
Under Investigation		805		26,941

DEATHS