161 COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths

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Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 161 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 124,967.

There were twelve additional deaths, increasing the figure to 2,675. There were no coincidental deaths nor deaths under investigation.

The deceased are:

  • A 73-year-old woman from Clarendon died September, 2021
  • A 90-year-old woman from Westmoreland
  • An 84-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • An 82-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • A 72-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • A 93-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • A 65-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • An 86-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
  • A 94-year-old man from St Elizabeth
  • An 86-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew
  • A 53-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew
  • A 65-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew

The deaths occurred between January 9 – 31, 2022.

The positivity rate increased from 16.1 per cent to 21.6 per cent. The total number of tests: 1,650.

Of the 161 new cases, St Catherine accounted for the highest number with 45.

Kingston and St Andrew in the meantime, accounted for the second-highest number of cases with 31; Clarendon followed with 19; Manchester with 16; St Mary with 13; Westmoreland and St James with 9 each; St Ann with 7; Hanover with 5; Portland, St Thomas and Trelawny with 2 each; St Elizabeth with 1.

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On Monday, Jamaica recorded 294 covid-19 cases and 5 deaths.