Jamaica COVID-19 Updates for August 21
This third spike has already outdone our previous spikes in the span of two weeks, and the numbers are still climbing. Please do what you can to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
Jamaica COVID-19 Updates for Aug 20, 2021 (posted Aug 21, 2021)
New Cases: 794
New Deaths: 15
New Recoveries: 47
New Tests: 2098
Active Cases: 11,858
New Public Test: 1,517
Public Testing Positivity: 43.8%
New Private Tests: 173
Private Testing Positivity: 9.2%
Total Figures:
Total Cases: 61,282
Total Deaths: 1,371
Total Recoveries: 47,675
Hospitalizations:
Hospitalized: 551
Moderately: 137
Severely: 76
Critically: 75
New Cases By Parish:
1. KSA (134 new cases)
2. St. Ann (121)
3. Westmoreland (81)
4. St. James, Manchester (79)
5. St. Elizabeth (71)
6. St. Catherine (62)
7. St. Mary (48)
8. Trelawny (34)
9. Clarendon (29)
10. Hanover (28)
11. St. Thomas (27)
12. Portland (1)
Jamaica COVID-19 Vaccination Update:
(as of Aug 8, 2021)
Total First Doses: 240,472
Total Second Doses: 131,554
Approximately 6.8% of the target population (1.925M) has been fully vaccinated, while 12.5% has received the first dose of the vaccine.
Source Ministry of Health and Wellness