COVID-19 outbreak skyrockets past 30,000 cases in Jamaica
Gavin Riley / Our Today
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Jamaica has hit another devastating milestone on Sunday (March 14), as the country, confirming 587 new cases in the last 24 hours, barrels past a cumulative caseload of 30,000.
According to data from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the island’s overall tally now stands at 30,499—signalling the current spike has taken less than three weeks to amass another 10,000 cases.
New cases have been recorded in all 14 parishes islandwide, with Kingston and St Andrew (162), St Catherine (111), St Thomas (48), St Ann (48), Clarendon and Manchester (40 respectively) ranking among the hardest-hit areas.
The public health testing positivity rate is also worryingly high at 36.8 per cent, up from 33 per cent the day before.
Hospitalisations have skyrocketed 15 per cent in the past day, with some 366 persons being treated for COVID-19, up from 317 just yesterday.
Among those hospitalised, 24 have been categorised as ‘moderately ill’ and another 33 patients classified as ‘critically ill’.
While Jamaica has managed to close the gap between active and closed cases, recording 15,139 recoveries to date, active infections are still keeping track at 14,640.
The death of a 72-year-old St Catherine native was the lone recorded coronavirus-related fatality, which brings the total to 485.
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