14 more COVID deaths, 556 new cases

Fourteen more Jamaicans have died as a result of COVID-19, pushing the death tally to 1,346. 

The deaths which occurred between August 14-18 include: 

A 43-year-old man from Westmoreland

A 62-year-old man from Westmoreland

A 50-year-old woman from Manchester

A 94-year-old man from St. James

A 57-year-old man from St. Thomas

A 70-year-old man from St. Thomas

A 57-year-old man from Clarendon

A 51-year-old man from St. Elizabeth

An 88-year-old man from St. Elizabeth

An 89-year-old woman from St. Elizabeth

A 67-year-old woman from St. Elizabeth

An 87-year-old woman from St. Ann

A 93-year-old woman from Hanover

A 79-year-old woman from Kington & St. Andrew

Meanwhile, of the 1,568 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 556 returned postitve results increasing total confirmed cases to 60,488 with 11,126 being active. 

The country's positivity rate now stands at 38.7%

Of the new cases, 317 are women and 239 are men with ages ranging from 65 days to 94 years.

In the meantime, there were 29 more recoveries, bringing that total to 47,628.

Some 564 persons are in hospital with 123 being moderately ill, 88 severley ill and 36 critically ill.

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