COVID UP-DATE: 3 Deaths, 253 Cases and positivity rate fall to 32%

With 253 new COVID-19 cases reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday afternoon, Jamaica's COVID-positivity rate dropped to 32%. On Tuesday, three COVID-19 deaths were reported in Jamaica, increasing the total number of coronavirus deaths to 3,079.

COVID-19 instances have now been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases on the island to 139,456. A 91-year-old man from Westmoreland is one of the country's most recent COVID deaths, On the day, 105 people were found, bringing the total number of people found to 88,080.

COVID-19 instances have now been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases on the island to 139,456. The 32% positive rate was based on Tuesday's samples. 151 females and 102 boys, ranging in age from 81 days to 91 years, are among the newly confirmed cases. St James had 86 cases, Kingston and St Andrew had 58, St Catherine had 23, St Ann had 16, and Portland had 14, St Mary had14,

Westmoreland had 13, Clarendon had eight, Trelawny had eight, Hanover had six, Manchester had five, and St Elizabeth had one (two).There are 26 patients who are moderately ill, eight who are extremely ill, and two who are critically ill among the 2,852 active cases in Jamaica. Currently, 123 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment in the area.