One more COVID-19 patient has died from the disease, and twenty new cases have been confirmed over the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health & Wellness says the latest victim is a 37 year old man from St. Catherine.
Fourteen people have now died from COVID-19 in Jamaica.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases now stands at 1023.
Recoveries remained at 745 – a 73 percent recovery rate.
The country is currently managing 206 active cases, including six moderately ill patients.
There are no critically ill patients now and 58 cases have returned to their countries of origin.
The newly confirmed cases consist of 14 females and six males with ages ranging from four months to 66 years.
Of the new cases, one is an imported case with an address in St. Thomas.
Nine are contacts of confirmed cases with two from St. Mary and seven from St. Thomas.
Nine of the new cases are currently under investigation from St Thomas and one from Kingston & St Andrew.
Of the cases from St. Thomas, 13 are related to investigations of cases in the Community Quarantine area in the Parish.
