Press Releases
COVID-19 Update: 2 new Confirmed Cases, 1 more Recovery
The National Surveillance Unit in the Ministry of Health & Wellness has advised that two new samples have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 598. In the meantime, one more patient has been counted among the recoveries. A total of 405 patients have recovered from… Read More
June 7th, 202019 more COVID-19 recoveries, 1 new confirmed positive for Jamaica
Jamaica has recorded 19 new COVID-19 recoveries and one new confirmed positive in the last 24 hours. This gives the island a 68% recovery rate, as the total number of persons released from care moves to 404 and the number of confirmed cases to 596. The new confirmed case is… Read More
June 6th, 2020COVID-19 Update: 17 More Recoveries, 4 New Imported Cases Recorded
Jamaica has recorded 17 more recoveries in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of patients, who have recovered from COVID-19 and have been released from isolation to 385. The country’s recovery rate now stands at 64.7%. In the meantime, four new samples have tested positive for COVID-19,… Read More
June 5th, 2020COVID-19 Update: 5 More Recoveries; 1 new Death Recorded
Confirmed Cases now 591 Jamaica has recorded five more recoveries in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of patients, who have recovered from COVID-19 and have been released from isolation to 361. The country’s recovery rate now moves to 61%. Regrettably, the last 24 hours has also… Read More
June 4th, 2020Jamaica’s COVID-19 recoveries reach 60 per cent
Jamaica’s COVID-19 recovery numbers reached 356 in the last 24 hours as 34 additional persons were released from care. The island now has a recovery rate of 60 per cent. Also in the last day, Jamaica recorded two new confirmed positives, bringing the total number for the island to 590…. Read More
June 2nd, 2020Jamaica’s confirmed COVID-19 cases up to 588
Jamaica has recorded two new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. There are now 588 confirmed positives for the island. Recoveries are up by 11, bringing the total number of persons released from care to 322, also in the last 24 hours. The island now has a recovery… Read More
June 1st, 2020COVID-19 Update: 21 More Jamaicans Recovered
5 More Imported Cases Recorded Twenty-one more Jamaicans have recovered and have been released from insolation, as the number of recoveries in the island increase to 311. In the meantime, five (5) samples have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in… Read More
May 31st, 2020COVID-19 Workplace Protocols
In response to COVID-19, countries across the globe (including Jamaica) have implemented a range of public health and social measures, including movement restrictions, partial closure or closure of schools and businesses, quarantine in specific geographic areas and international travel restrictions. As the local epidemiology of the disease changes, the measures… Read More
May 31st, 2020Six new COVID-19 cases, one more recovery for Jamaica
Jamaica, over the last 24 hours, recorded six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional recovery. The island now has a record of 581 cases of COVID-19 and 290 recoveries, up from 575 and 279 respectively. The six new cases are comprised of three females, one of them 75… Read More
May 30th, 2020COVID-19 Update: 7 New Imported Cases Recorded today
Confirmed Cases now 575 In the last 24 hours, 619 new samples were tested for COVID-19, seven (7) of which returned positive results. Jamaica now has a total of 575 confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the discovery of a positive test result that had been counted twice. In the meantime, recoveries… Read More
May 29th, 2020