144 new COVID-19 cases, one more death
Published:Wednesday | September 29, 2021 | 11:21 AM
One more COVID-19 death has been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 1,860.
The deceased is a 76-year-old man from St Catherine.
And five more fatalities are under investigation, moving that figure to 317.
Meanwhile, there were 144 new cases with ages ranging from two months to 95 years, pushing the total to 83,486 with 28,363 being active.
Of the new cases, 86 are women and 58 are men.
COVID parish breakdown:
* Kingston and St Andrew - 40
* St Catherine - 39
* St James - 15
* St Mary - 14
* St Ann - 11
* Westmoreland - 7
* Portland - 6
* Clarendon - 5
* Trelawny - 4
* St Thomas - 2
* Manchester - 1
* St Elizabeth - 0
* Hanover - 0
A total of 876 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 19.7%.
In the meantime, there were 145 more recoveries, increasing the total to 52,676.
Some 594 persons are in hospital with 141 being moderately ill, 94 severely ill and 34 critically ill.
And some 35,608 persons are in home quarantine.
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