45 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

3 years ago

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Jamaica on Saturday recorded 45 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 127,961.

There were two additional deaths, increasing the figure to 2,813. There were no deaths under investigation nor coincidental deaths.

The deceased are:

  • An 82-year-old woman from St Catherine
  • A 67-year-old man from St Catherine

The positivity rate decreased from 6.1 per cent to 4.7 per cent. The total number of tests: 2,504.

Of the 45 new cases, St Catherine accounted for the highest number with 11.

St James in the meantime, accounted for the second-highest number of cases with 10; Clarendon followed with 7; Kingston and St Andrew with 6; Hanover and Westmoreland with 3 each; Manchester with 2; Portland, St Mary and Trelawny with 1 each. St Elizabeth, St Thomas and St Ann recorded no new cases.

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On Friday, Jamaica recorded 60 covid-19 cases and 1 death.