Jamaica: COVID-19 Update for Saturday, December 5, 2020
From JIS
| NEW CASES | 24 HRS | OVERALL | NOTES |
| Confirmed Cases | 57 | 11,120 | |
| SEX CLASSIFICATION | |||
| Males | 21 | 5,070 | |
| Females | 36 | 6,048 | |
| Under Investigation | 0 | 2 | |
| AGE RANGE | 5 months to 83 years | 1 day to 104 years | |
| PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES | |||
| Clarendon | 1 | 499 | |
| Hanover | 2 | 241 | |
| KSA | 8 | 3,634 | |
| Manchester | 0 | 424 | |
| Portland | 0 | 342 | |
| St. Ann | 2 | 619 | |
| St. Catherine | 6 | 2,426 | |
| St. Elizabeth | 0 | 312 | |
| St. James | 20 | 1,159 | |
| St. Mary | 2 | 298 | |
| St. Thomas | 0 | 423 | |
| Trelawny | 8 | 277 | |
| Westmoreland | 8 | 466 | |
| COVID-19 TESTING | |||
| New Samples Tested | 701 | 119,099 | |
| Discharge samples tested in the last 24 hours | 4 | ||
| Results Positive | 57 | 11,120 | |
| Results Negative | 644 | 107,968 | |
| Results Pending | 11 | ||
| DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS | |||
| Deaths | 4 | 265 | The deceased are:– an 84-year-old male from St. Ann;– a 57-year- old female from Trelawny;– a 73-year-old male from St. Catherine; and– a 79-year-old male from St. James. |
| Coincidental Deaths | 1 | 37 | |
| Deaths under investigation | 0 | 31 | |
| RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES | |||
| Recovered | 132 | 6,998 | |
| Active Cases | 57 | 3,705 | |
| QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number in Facility Quarantine | 2 | ||
| Number in Home Quarantine | 25,563 | ||
| HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT | |||
| Number Hospitalised | 75 | ||
| Patients Moderately Ill | 5 | ||
| Patients Critically Ill | 7 | ||
| TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES | |||
| Imported | 0 | 522 | |
| Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically Linked) | 4 | 795 | |
| Contacts of Confirmed Cases | 10 | 1365 | |
| Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster | 0 | 236 | |
| Under Investigation | 43 | 8,202 |
SOURCE: JIS
