#KINGSTON, April 7 (JIS): Jamaica now has 63 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher
Tufton, gave this update during a press conference at the Ministry of Health
and Wellness, on Tuesday (April 7).
“This means that we have had four
additional positive cases since the last announcement,” Dr, Tufton said. The four cases are a 48-year-old female, a
26-year-old female, a 26-year-old male, and a 30-year-old male.
“The new cases, all of whom are
contacts of a confirmed case from Kingston and St. Andrew, bring to 30, the
number of imported cases; 22, the number of import-related cases and 11, the
number of cases under investigation,” he added.
Of the 63 cases, 29 are females and
34 are males.
Three patients have died from the
virus, while nine have fully recovered and have been released.
JIS NEWS by AINSWORTH MORRIS
