17 New COVID-19 Cases Bring Total To 305
Jamaica has recorded 17 new coronavirus cases increasing the total to 305.
The Health Ministry says 12 of the 17 are linked to the Alorica call centre in Portmore, St Catherine, one is the contact of a confirmed employee, two are contacts of a confirmed case, and two are under investigation.
Overall, there have been 28 recoveries and seven deaths.
The 17 new positive cases comprise six males and 11 females.
The Health Ministry is still awaiting details on one of the new patients but it said the ages of the 16 others range from 21 years old to 59 years.
Case log
Imported cases – 34
Local transmission (no link) – 9
Linked to Alorica – 167
Contacts of a confirmed case – 70
Under investigation – 25
Patient log
In hospital – 108
Critically ill – 2
Moderately ill – 3
In facility isolation – 99
In home isolation – 85
In transitional facilities – 22
In quarantine at a government facility – 92
Deaths – 7
Recoveries – 28
Sample log
Tested – 2,868
Positive – 305
Negative – 2,552
Pending – 11
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Dr? Tufton did say, that ” if the virus reachesJamaica, Jamaica can deal with it” . So dr, why is it now getting out of hand and you are not dealing with it. Don’t you see how irresponsible your statement was?
How can someone deal with a biochemical ? It’s doing what it was made to do depopulate it’s not a virus. It was made by man in a lab no gloves no mask can’t stop it…
Thanks to Alorica and the young carless nasty people dem that work there.