COVID-19 claims life of St. Elizabeth man; 159 new cases of disease
Published:Sunday | October 11, 2020 | 10:57 AM
Another person has died from COVID-19 in Jamaica, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed.
There are three additional deaths also under investigation, which means the number of deaths now being probed is 19.
The latest death recorded is of a 66 year-old man from St Elizabeth, where there has been a high rise in cases lately. The parish had the third highest number of positive cases for the second consecutive day. St James has the highest number of new cases, followed by Kingston and St Andrew with 33 and St Elizabeth with 19. Overall there were 159 new positive cases yesterday, bringing the number cases of the disease since March 10 to 7,718 positive cases.
The ages of the new cases range from three to 86 years-old.
There are now 4,314 active cases of the disease, up by 135 cases, the ministry data shows. Twenty more people have recovered, bringing the total number of people recovered to 3,162, or just about 41 per cent.
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