Jamaica’s COVID tally now at 621

Jamaica yesterday recorded four new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases for the island to 621. The Ministry of Health and Wellness also reported that during the same 24-hour period, 10 additional recoveries were recorded.

This puts the recovery numbers at 430 and the recovery rate at 69.2 per cent. The new cases are a 47-year-old male of a Manchester address; a 47-year-old female of a Hanover address; a 30-year-old male of a Westmoreland address; and a 16-year-old female of a St Ann address. All four cases are imported, having come into the island via flights from the United States.

In addition to the now 120 imported cases, 219 cases are contacts of confirmed cases, 39 are local transmission cases not epidemiologically linked, 236 are related to a workplace cluster, and seven are under investigation.

Of the 621 total confirmed cases, 358 or 57.7 per cent are females. They range in age from two months to 87 years.

There are currently 181 active cases under observation, including two critically ill patients. The island's testing numbers are now up to 16,892, following the testing of 400 during the same 24-hour period.

In addition to the 621 positives, there are 16,223 negative results; 48 are pending.