COVID recoveries soar

A total of 113 persons have recovered from COVID-19 since Jamaica's first imported case was confirmed in March.

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton gave the update during a digital press conference yesterday. He said that 13 persons had recovered and were released from hospital over a 24-hour period.

"This is a recovery rate of some 22.2 per cent and you would have seen in the last week or so, a fairly high increase in the number of recoveries, which is a very positive development and is in keeping with our expectations, even when we discovered the first positive case," he noted.

Meanwhile, Jamaica now has 509 confirmed cases of COVID-19. One of the two new cases is a contact of a confirmed case related to the workplace cluster in St Catherine. The other is under investigation.