Three more COVID-19 deaths, 55 new cases
Published:Monday | February 21, 2022 | 12:08 PM
Three more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Jamaica, increasing the tally to 2,787.
The deceased are an 86-year-old woman, a 79-year-old female and a 96-year-old woman, all from Westmoreland.
The Ministry of Health says the deaths occurred between January and February.
And one more fatality is under investigation, moving that figure to 419.
Meanwhile, there were 55 new cases with ages ranging from four months to 93 years, pushing the total to 127,665.
Of the new cases, 32 are women and 23 are men.
COVID parish breakdown:
* Kingston and St Andrew -11
* St James - 8
* St Catherine - 6
* Manchester - 6
* Westmoreland - 6
* Clarendon - 5
* Trelawny - 4
* St Ann - 4
* St Elizabeth - 2
* Hanover - 2
* St Thomas - 1
* Portland - 0
* St Mary - 0
A total of 587 tests were conducted.
The country's positivity rate stands at 9.4%.
In the meantime, there were 176 more recoveries, increasing the total to 75,279.
Some 192 persons are in hospital with 43 being moderately ill, 18 severely ill and six critically ill.
And 12, 392 persons are in quarantine are at home.
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