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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 30,000 after Jamaica recorded 587 new cases of the virus yesterday.<\/p>

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The country has now recorded 30,499 cases of the virus of which 14,640 are active. The death of a 72-year-old man from St Catherine has brought the country\u2019s death toll to 485.<\/p>\n

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Of the newly reported cases there were 332 females and 255 males with ages ranging from six weeks to 95 years.<\/p>

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The cases were recorded in Kingston and St Andrew (162): St Catherine (111); St Ann and St Thomas (48 each); Manchester and Clarendon (40 each); St James (33),Trelawny (32),St Elizabeth (20), Portland (18),Hanover (17), St Mary (12), and Westmoreland (six).<\/p>

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The country also recorded 80 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 15,139.<\/p>\n

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