Three more COVID-19 deaths, 34 additional cases
Published:Monday | March 7, 2022 | 1:41 PM
Three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 2,830.
The deceased are an 86-year-old man, a 73-year-old woman and a 91-year-old man, all from Westmoreland.
The Ministry of Health says the deaths occurred between July and November 2021.
Meanwhile, there were 34 new cases with ages ranging from two to 93 years, pushing the total to 128,213.
Of the new cases, 17 are women and 17 are men.
COVID parish breakdown:
* St James - 7
* St Ann - 6
* St Catherine - 5
* Manchester - 3
* Westmoreland - 3
* St Elizabeth - 2
* St Mary - 2
* Portland - 2
* Trelawny - 1
* Hanover – 1
* Kingston and St Andrew - 1
* St Thomas - 1
* Clarendon - 0
A total of 5,408 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 3.3%.
In the meantime, there were 185 more recoveries, increasing the total to 78,849.
Some 97 persons are in hospital with 21 being moderately ill, five severely ill and four critically ill.
And 4,517 persons are in quarantine at home.
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