Seven large hospitals over capacity for COVID admissions
Published:Sunday | August 8, 2021 | 7:03 PM
Gleaner analysis shows that in the past seven days, Jamaica has seen 1,622 new COVID cases and 25 deaths, while hospitalisations have moved from 187 to 272.
Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dunstan Bryan is reporting that all large hospitals are now over their capacity for COVID admissions.
According to Byran in the west, where the situation is especially bad, some medical staff are being recalled from vacation.
COVID admissions at large hospitals
Sav-la-mar - 167 per cent
Mandeville - 160 per cent
Spanish Town - 160 per cent
St Ann's Bay - 135 per cent
Cornwall Regional - 110 per cent
May Pen - 108 per cent
University Hospital of the West Indies - 100
Published:Sunday | August 8, 2021 | 7:03 PM
Gleaner analysis shows that in the past seven days, Jamaica has seen 1,622 new COVID cases and 25 deaths, while hospitalisations have moved from 187 to 272.
Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dunstan Bryan is reporting that all large hospitals are now over their capacity for COVID admissions.
According to Byran in the west, where the situation is especially bad, some medical staff are being recalled from vacation.
COVID admissions at large hospitals
Sav-la-mar - 167 per cent
Mandeville - 160 per cent
Spanish Town - 160 per cent
St Ann's Bay - 135 per cent
Cornwall Regional - 110 per cent
May Pen - 108 per cent
University Hospital of the West Indies - 100
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