Four more COVID-19 fatalities, 18 new cases
Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2022 | 12:10 PM
Four more COVID-19 fatalities have been recorded in Jamaica, pushing the tally to 2,835.
The deceased are a 96-year-old woman, an 83-year-old man and a 78-year-old man, all from St Catherine, and a 64-year-old man from Westmoreland.
The Ministry of Health says the deaths occurred between February and March.
Meanwhile, there were 18 new cases with ages ranging from one day to 82 years, pushing the total to 128,246.
Of the new cases, 12 are women and six are men.
A total of 2,097 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 3.9%.
In the meantime, there were 50 more recoveries, increasing the total to 78,996.
Some 359 persons are in hospital with 81 being moderately ill and 34 critically ill.
And 4,527 persons are in quarantine at home.
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