739 new COVID cases, six more deaths

Jamaica on Sunday recorded 739 new COVID-19 cases from 1,508 samples tested, increasing total confirmed cases to 67,402 with 17,288 being active.

This brings the country's positivity rate to 54.0%.

Of the new cases, 422 are women and 317 are men with ages ranging from 24 days to 94 years.

Meanwhile, six more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the death tally to 1,510. 

The deaths which occurred between Aug 27-28 include: 

A 72-year-old man from St. James

A 66-year-old woman from St. James

An 80-year-old man from St. James

A 62-year-old woman from Hanover

A 74-year-old woman from Hanover

A 45-year-old man from Westmoreland

In the meantime, there were 91 more recoveries, bringing that total to 48,186.

A record 723 persons are in hospital with 192 being moderately ill, 88 severley ill and 62 critically ill.

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