Last Updated on June 21, 2020, 5:17 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Jamaica has surpassed the 20,000 milestone for the COVID-19 coronavirus testing in the past 24 hours, even as the nation has recorded five new confirmed cases of the CVID-19 disease and also four new recoveries from the infection.
The total number of tests in the nation now stands at 20,160, out of which, 657 cases have confirmed positives and 19,443 cases are confirmed negatives.
The number of recoveries is now up to 462, which means 70%.
The five new COVID-19 cases which have been recorded in the past day, include four males and one female, and their ages range from 12 years to 47 years.
Two of the newly discovered cases are in St. James, two of them are in St. Ann, and one of the recently discovered cases is in Kingston and St. Andrew, investigations are ongoing to confirm if they are residents or non-residents.
All the new cases are imported cases, three of them have arrived on flights from the US, and two of them have arrived on lights coming from Canada.
With the addition of these new cases, the total number of imported cases has become 153.
In addition to these cases, Jamaica has 222 cases who are contacts of confirmed cases; 39 cases are the cases because of local transmission not epidemiologically linked; 236 other cases are related to the workplace cluster located in St. Catherine, and 7 cases are under investigation.
Around 380 or 58% of the confirmed cases are females, and 277 or around 42% of cases are males. Their ages range between 2 months to 87 years.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is requesting the cooperation of visitors and Jamaicans returning to the island to help to keep themselves and the rest of the population of the nation safe from COVID-19 by being vigilant in the practice of infection prevention and control measures.
They are expressly advised to wear their masks during interactions with others; frequently wash hands, and sanitise commonly used surfaces.
They are also to maintain a six feet distance from persons within and outside of their households and/or at their hotel accommodations, and abide by quarantine rules.
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