April 15, 2020

Eighteen more cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Jamaica bringing their total to 125

By Newsroom

Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed that 20 more persons have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus bringing the island’s total to 125. The 20 additional confirmed cases include five males and 15 females.

They said two of the cases are imported including a two-year-old male from St James. The other 18 persons were discovered after an investigation of a BPO site, Alorica, from which there have been 33 prior confirmed cases.

The health departments across the island are also currently tracing approximately 432 close contacts of the confirmed cases. So far a total of 1,391 samples have been tested including those for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) resulting in 1,258 negative and 125 positive, with eight samples pending.

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