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128 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths reported

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported 128 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, August 21, bringing the infection total to 148,952.

No new deaths were reported. The total number of deaths remains at 3,237.

The new cases comprised 78 females and 50 males, with ages ranging from one day to 108 years.

The cases were recorded in Kingston and St Andrew (20), St James (three), St Mary and Trelawny (four), Hanover (one), St Thomas and Clarendon (14), Manchester (11), Westmoreland (eight), St Catherine (25), St Ann (five), Portland (13) and St Elizabeth (six).

There were 94 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 95,775.

Currently, 120 people are hospitalised, 19 of whom are moderately ill, five severely ill and one critically ill.

Jamaica’s positivity rate for the latest round of testing is 12.2 per cent.

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