Jamaica COVID-19 Updates for August 23
Jamaica COVID-19 Updates for Aug 22, 2021 (posted Aug 23, 2021)
New Cases: 879
New Deaths: 14
New Recoveries: 66
New Tests: 2710
Active Cases: 13,140
New Public Test: 1,859
Public Testing Positivity: 43.9%
New Private Tests: 749
Private Testing Positivity: 2.5%
Total Figures:
Total Cases: 62,712
Total Deaths: 1,402
Total Recoveries: 47,787
Hospitalizations:
Hospitalized: 607
Moderately: 125
Severely: 83
Critically: 60
Hospitalizations: For the first time, hospitalizations have surpassed 600 patients. The number of hospitalizations surpassed a record 500 patients just 5 days ago. These are the highest number of moderately, severely and critically ill patients as well.
New Cases By Parish:
1. KSA (145 new cases)
2. Manchester (121)
3. Westmoreland, St. James (109)
4. St. Catherine (105)
5. St. Elizabeth (60)
6. Clarendon (56)
7. Hanover (52)
8. Trelawny (48)
9. St. Thomas (42)
10. St. Ann (17)
11. St. Mary (13)
12. Portland (2)
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
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