The country has recorded 12 more COVID-19 deaths in the Health Ministry’s latest update.

This brings the total number of deaths from the virus to 1,821.

The deaths occurred over a 6-day period between September 16 and 21.

Six remain under investigation.

Meanwhile, 434 confirmed cases were recorded.

This brings the total number of positive cases on the island to 81,828.

Kingston and St. Andrew recorded the majority of the cases with 95.

1,3 23 samples were tested.

This represents a positivity rate of 31 percent.

The number of active cases stands at 27, 896.

There were no new recoveries recorded in the update.

The number of Covid-19 recoveries currently stands at 51, 5 44.

The number of hospitalizations are now at 663.

135 are moderately ill, 117 are severely ill and 42 are critical.