Jamaica has added 20 new positive results in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of COVID-19 victims to 125.
The 20 new confirmed cases include five males and 15 females, with ages ranging from two to 43 years. Two of the cases are imported—a two-year-old male from St. James and a 43-year-old female from St. Catherine. The other 18 individuals are connected with the BPO site, Alorica, in St. Catherine, bringing the number of confirmed cases at that site to 52. Of the Alorica total, 47 are from St. Catherine, three from Kingston and St. Andrew, one from Clarendon and one from Portland. Their ages range from 18 to 34 years and include 41 females and 11 males.
Here’s a breakdown of the number of cases in Jamaica:
- Imported cases – 33
- Contacts of a confirmed case – 34
- Local transmission cases (Not epidemiologically linked) – 6
- Alorica investigation cases – 52
Of the confirmed cases, 41 percent (51) are males and 59 percent (74) are females, with ages ranging from two to 87 years old.
Approximately 432 close contacts of confirmed cases are being traced by health departments across the island.
A total of 1,391 samples have been tested to date, including those for Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI), the National Influenza Centre reported. While eight samples are still pending, 1,258 tested negative and 125 tested positive.
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