Jamaica records highest tally of new COVID cases with 403; Manchester, St James, KSA among hotspots

Jamaica on Monday eclipsed its record for highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, with 403 positives confirmed from the 1,935 samples tested in the last 24 hours.  

Total confirmed cases now stand at 17,701 with 4,793 active.

Of the new cases, 154 are males and 249 are females, with ages ranging from 63 days to 96 years.

Manchester recorded the most new cases with 81, followed by St James with 69,  Kingston and St Andrew with 66, and St Catherine with 54. 

Portland recorded only one case.

In the meantime, 44 more persons have recovered for a total of 12,362.

Some 156 persons are hospitalised with 22 being moderately and 13 critically ill.

Meanwhile, an 84-year-old male from Kingston and St Andrew is the latest Jamaican to die from the virus pushing the death tally to 359. 

According to the Ministry of Health, 12 persons are in government quarantine, while 18,727 are quarantined at home.

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