Daily Black Immigrant News
Amid Jamaica registering 137 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has reported a one-day positive rate of 24.9 percent.
Four deaths from COVID-19 that occurred between September 2021 and August 2022 were also recorded on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths from the coronavirus in Jamaica to 3,216.
A 73-year-old man from St Thomas is among the latest recorded victims of COVID nationally.
The separate deaths of two patients with COVID-19 are under investigation by health officials, while the death of another patient has been classified as accidental.
There were 92 heals for the day, bringing it to 94,817.
The newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 brought the total number recorded for the island to 147,567.
Notably, the positivity rate of 24.9 percent was based on samples tested on Wednesday.
Of the new confirmed cases, 85 are women and 52 men, aged between five months and 95 years.
The number of cases consisted of Kingston and St Andrew (48), St Catherine (31), St James (11), Westmoreland (nine), Manchester (nine), St Ann (eight), Clarendon (seven), Trelawny (five) , St. Mary (four), St. Elizabeth (two), Portland (two) and St. Thomas (one).
There are 24 moderately ill patients, three severely ill patients and five severely ill patients among the 1,235 active cases now under observation in Jamaica.
A total of 116 patients are now admitted to the local hospital.
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