September 23, 2020
Jamaica records one COVID death, 126 new cases
Jamaica recorded
one coronavirus-related death on Tuesday, bringing the total to 76.
The deceased
is a 61-year-old female from St James, who had multiple co-morbidities.
There were
also 126 new COVID-19 cases, meaning that there are now 5,395 cases in the
country. Â It is said that one of the
cases was reclassified as a repeat sample.
Kingston and
St Andrew continues to record most of the cases, reporting 67 new cases on Tuesday.
The parish now has 2,019 cases. St James recorded 20 cases while there were 10
in St Catherine.
A total of
119 patients are now hospitalised with 31 being moderately ill and seven
critically ill.
With no
recoveries reported, there are now 3,792 active cases.