JAMAICA: COVID-19 Tally Now 196, After 23 New Cases In Last 24 hours

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Positive blood test result for the new rapidly spreading Coronavirus, originating in Wuhan, China

(Jamaica Observer)

Jamaica now has 196 confirmed cases of COVID-19 following an increase of 23 new cases over the past 24 hours.

There are now 34 imported cases, 43 are contacts of a confirmed case; six are local transmission with no epidemiological link and 113 cases are under investigation. Of the 113 under investigation, 95 are associated with a workplace cluster.

So far, 1,809 samples have been tested:

  • 196 are positive;
  • 1,591 are negative and
  • 22 are pending

Some 686 contacts are being traced by parish health departments across the island, including 179 people associated with the workplace cluster.

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