687 news COVID-19 cases, 26 more deaths
Published:Sunday | September 5, 2021 | 10:43 AM
Jamaica has recorded 26 more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 1,619.
The Health Ministry says five of the deaths were previously under investigation and that two of those previously under investigation occurred between November and December 2020.
The other deaths occurred between August 2 and September 3, 2021.
Those who have died are:
St Elizabeth
* A 68-year-old woman
* A 74-year-old man
* An 87-year-old woman
* A 74-year-old male
* A 57-year-old male
* A 94-year-old man
* A 58-year-old female
* An 80-year-old man
* A 46-year-old female
Westmoreland
* An 84-year-old male
* A 79-year-old man
* A 35-year-old male
* A 34-year-old man
St James
* A 62-year-old female
* A 91-year-old male
* A 74-year-old woman
* A 41-year-old female
Kingston and St Andrew
* A 59-year-old female
* A 91-year-old woman
* A 76-year-old female
* A 67-year-old male
St Catherine
* A 60-year-old woman
* A 51-year-old male
* A 55-year-old woman
Trelawny
* A 36-year-old woman
St Thomas
* A 44-year-old man
And 13 more fatalities are under investigation, moving that figure to 189.
Meanwhile, there were 687 new cases with ages ranging from 68 days to 92 years, pushing the total to 71,344 with 20,464 being active.
Of the new cases, 417 are women and 270 are men.
COVID parish breakdown:
* Kingston and St Andrew - 154
* St Catherine - 101
* St James - 77
* Manchester - 55
* Westmoreland - 55
* Trelawny - 52
* St Mary - 51
* Hanover - 47
* Portland - 29
* St Elizabeth - 25
* St Thomas - 21
* St Ann - 13
* Clarendon - 7
A total of 1,742 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 46.6%.
In the meantime, there were 116 more recoveries, increasing the total to 48,807.
Some 720 persons are in hospital with 175 being moderately ill, 175 severely ill, and 47 critically ill.
One person is in government quarantine, while 46,656 are at home.
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