Jamaica reports 115 new COVID cases, one death
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica reported 115 new COVID-19 cases and one death on Friday, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
This pushed the total number of cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic to 142,276 and the death toll to 3,113.
Of the newly reported cases, there were 73 females and 42 males with ages ranging from 92 days to 85 years.
The cases were recorded in Kingston and St Andrew (48), St Catherine (33), St James (10), Westmoreland (five), Hanover (four), St Ann (four), St Thomas (three), Clarendon (three), Manchester (two), St Elizabeth (one), St Mary (one) and Trelawny (one).
The country also recorded 92 new recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries to 90,479.
The positivity rate for the latest round of testing was 20.4 per cent. There are 97 people hospitalised, three of them critically ill.
There are 2,148 confirmed active cases on the island.