KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew region continues to lead the island's tally of COVID-19 infections with 265 new cases in the past 24 hours.
This comes as the Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed a new daily record of 723 new cases of the virus, which has infected a total of 26,026 people in Jamaica to date.
Of the new cases, 409 were women and 290 were males with ages ranging from seven months to 95 years.
St Catherine recorded the second highest number of infections yesterday with 141 cases, followed by Portland (58), St James (54), Trelawny (45), Hanover (33), St Ann (31), St Mary (26), Westmoreland (22), St Thomas (20), Manchester (18), Clarendon (six), and St Elizabeth (four).
Kingston and St Andrew also accounted for three of the seven COVID-related fatalities yesterday, with the deaths of two women, 73 and 85 years old, and a 73-year-old man. more
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