27 more COVID deaths, another 560 cases

Jamaica on Saturday recorded another 27 COVID deaths.

The deaths were recorded from August 27 to September 10.

The death tally is now 1,731.

DEATHS
1. A 64-year-old woman from St Catherine
2. A 41-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
3. A 60-year-old man from Westmoreland
4. A 58-year-old woman from KSA
5. A 74-year-old man from St Elizabeth
6. A 67-year-old woman from St Ann
7. A 24-day-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew
8. A 62-year-old man from St Catherine
9. A 45-year-old man from St Elizabeth
10. A 47-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew
11. A 97-year-old woman from St Ann
12. An 86-year-old woman from Westmoreland
13. A 62-year-old woman from St Thomas
14. A 77-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
15. A 75-year-old man from St Ann
16. A 62-year-old woman from Hanover
17. A 99-year-old man from St Elizabeth
18. A 65-year-old woman from Kingston and St Andrew
19. A 65-year-old man from Kingston and St Andrew
20. A 68-year-old man from St James
21. An 81-year-old woman from St Elizabeth
22. A 77-year-old man from St Elizabeth 
23. A 72-year-old woman from St Thomas
24. A 68-year-old man from St Ann
25. A 60-year-old man from St James
26. A 68-year-old man from St Ann
27. A 64-year-old man from St Ann

Meanwhile, there were 560 new COVID infections pushing the tally to 75,857.

The positivity rate is 42.1 per cent.

NEW CASES
Clarendon - 3
Hanover - 26
Kingston and St Andrew - 105
Manchester - 26
Portland - 1
St Ann - 89
St Catherine - 65
St Elizabeth - 1
St James - 52
St Mary- 65
St Thomas563,040
Trelawny - 39
Westmoreland - 32

In the meanwhile, there are now 773 people with COVID in hospital with 160 moderately ill, 119 severely ill and 57 critically ill.

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