Jamaica passes 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2020 | 10:26 AM
Jamaica on Tuesday recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, pushing the tally to 223.
The deceased are an 88-year-old female from Kingston and St Andrew and a 90-year-old male from Westmoreland.
One more case was recorded as a coincidental death, increasing the tally to 27. The health ministry says this case was previously under investigation.
Meanwhile, there were 60 new cases with ages ranging from 3 to 89 years, pushing the total to 10,019 with 4,278 being active.
Of the new cases, 25 are males and 35 are females.
In the meantime, there were 31 more recoveries, increasing the total to 5,369.
Some 88 persons are in hospital with 14 being moderately ill and six critically ill.
Six persons are in government quarantine, while 22,553 are at home.
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