KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health is reporting that preliminary results of seven tests completed yesterday at the National Influenza Centre shows five positive for COVID-19, while two samples tested negative.

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[naviga:li]Two of the positive cases came from contact tracing with a confirmed case that came into the island from the United Kingdom.[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]Three cases are new, including two from the western region – one with a travel history to Trinidad and Tobago, who was on the same flight from Trinidad as a previously confirmed case.[/naviga:li]

[naviga:li]One of the cases is a child – an American with a travel history that includes Miami, Florida.[/naviga:li]

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The fifth preliminary positive case is from Kingston, with no travel history, but who had visitors from the United Kingdom.

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The negative cases are patients in isolation at the Mandeville Regional Hospital and St Ann’s Bay Hospital respectively.

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The confirmatory results from these seven cases are expected soon. This would move to 15, the number of  confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica.