Jamaica now has 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including one new case, the National Influenza Centre reported on Monday. The new case is a 57-year-old man from Kingston and St. Andrew with no travel history but who was in contact with someone who previously tested positive for the coronavirus.
Of the 73 cases, 31 are imported, 34 are contacts of confirmed cases, 6 are local transmission cases not epidemiologically linked, the remaining two cases are still under investigation. Confirmed cases range from 12 to 87 years old, with 55 percent being male and 45 percent female.
Currently, there are approximately 379 close contacts of confirmed cases being traced by health departments across the island.
The National influenza Centre also reported a total of 1,199 tested samples, of which 1,121 were negative and 73 were positive; five samples are still pending.
Three more patients have now recovered and released from hospital, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 19. There are still 66 patients in isolation, while 20 persons are in quarantine at a government facility.
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