(Jamaica Star) The Ministry of Health has announced that a second patient has died from the coronavirus.
The patient, who was hospitalised at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), was found unresponsive and was noted to have had a cardiac arrest.
Resuscitation measures were unsuccessful.
There are now 38 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Jamaica. Additional results received the National Influenza Centre, showed that of the nine pending results, seven samples tested negative, while two were positive for COVID-19.
The two new cases are:
• a 48-year-old female from St. Elizabeth with a travel history from Boston/Atlanta, USA,who arrived in the island on March 24 and
• a 13-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew. His mode of transmission is under investigation.
There are now twenty-four (24) imported cases, eleven (11) import-related and three (3) cases are under investigation.
In the meantime, a second patient [Patient 3.1, from St. James] has recovered from COVID-19 and has been released from hospital.
