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Two more COVID cases increase tally to 509, as Jamaica records 13 additional recoveries

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2020 | 12:00 AM
One of the new patients is a 48-year-old man from St Catherine, the other is 74 years old, also a man, from the Corporate Area.

The Health Ministry is reporting two additional coronavirus cases pushing the tally to 509.

One of the new patients is a 48-year-old man from St Catherine, the other is 74 years old, also a man, from the Corporate Area.

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The ministry says one of the two patients is a contact of a confirmed case related to the Alorica call centre while the other case is under investigation.

Meanwhile, there have been 13 more recoveries increasing the tally to 113.

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