Four more ship workers test positive for COVID-19

June 05, 2020

Four new samples have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing Jamaica's total confirmed cases to 595. All four confirmed cases are imported and include three males and one female with ages ranging from 35 - 46 years. 

Three have addresses of residence in St. Ann and one is a resident of Trelawny.

All four had returned on cruise ships, three from Adventure of Seas and one from MS Marina, as part of Jamaica’s controlled re-entry programme.

In the meantime, Jamaica's recovery rate now stands at 64.7%.

17 more recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of patients, who have recovered from COVID-19 and have been released from isolation to 385. 

There are currently 200 active cases currently under observation, with two critically ill cases and no moderately ill case. 

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