Jamaica has recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed positives for the island to 1047.
In the last 24 hours, there’ve also been eight additional recoveries.
The total number of recoveries for the island is now at 753 or nearly 72 per cent.
Jamaica is currently managing 219 or 21 per cent active cases, including four moderately ill patients.
There are no critically ill patients at this time.
Some 61 cases or almost 6 per cent have returned to their countries of origin while 14 or just over 1-per cent have died.
Nine of the 16 newly confirmed cases are males and seven are females, with ages ranging from 19 to 84 years.
Four of the new cases are of addresses in St. James, three of which are imported, having recently arrived in the island on flights from the Dominican Republic.
The other case is under investigation.
Two of the new cases reside in Clarendon, one of whom is a contact of a confirmed case while the other is under investigation.
Three of the new cases are from St. Catherine and are under investigation.
Seven of the new cases have addresses in Kingston and St. Andrew and are under investigation.
