59 more COVID-19 cases, one additional death
Published:Thursday | December 16, 2021 | 11:32 AM
Jamaica has recorded one more COVID-19 fatality, pushing the total to 2,433.
The deceased is a 70-year-old man from St James who died on November 15.
And four more deaths are under investigation, moving that figure to 351.
Meanwhile, there were 59 new cases with ages ranging from one to 89 years, pushing the total to 91,927.
Of the new infections, 26 are women and 33 are men.
COVID parish breakdown:
* Kingston and St Andrew - 23
* St James - 8
* St Elizabeth - 7
* St Ann - 6
* Manchester - 5
* St Catherine - 5
* Hanover - 3
* Clarendon - 1
* Westmoreland - 1
* Trelawny - 0
* Portland - 0
* St Thomas - 0
* St Mary - 0
A total of 1,972 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 3.4%.
In the meantime, there were 29 more recoveries, increasing the total to 63,624.
Some 103 persons are in hospital with 16 being moderately ill, 15 severely ill and two critically ill.
One person is in government quarantine, while 16,141 are at home.
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