covid-testing-latest-data-source-details: 47
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rowid
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ISO code
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Entity
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Date
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Source URL
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Source label
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Notes
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Number of observations
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Cumulative total
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Cumulative total per thousand
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Daily change in cumulative total
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Daily change in cumulative total per thousand
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7-day smoothed daily change
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7-day smoothed daily change per thousand
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Short-term positive rate
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Short-term tests per case
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General source label
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General source URL
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Short description
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Detailed description
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| 47 |
JAM |
Jamaica - samples tested |
2020-10-26 |
https://www.moh.gov.jm/covid-19-clinical-management-summary-for-monday-october-26-2020/ |
Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness |
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181 |
93357 |
31.526999999999997 |
457 |
0.154 |
581 |
0.196 |
0.10800000000000001 |
9.243 |
Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness |
https://www.moh.gov.jm/ |
The number of samples tested. |
The Jamaican Ministry of Health and Wellness publishes daily press releases on [their official website](https://www.moh.gov.jm/updates/press-releases/) reporting the daily and cumulative number of samples tested, which we use to construct a daily time series. The press releases disaggregate the testing numbers into positive, negative, and pending tests, allowing us to exclude pending tests. It is not clear when testing first began; data is only available from 24 March 2020 when it was reported that 148 samples had been tested.
The press releases refer to “the health departments across the island” and classify new cases by parish, suggesting that all laboratories are included in the testing numbers.
A [press release from 20 September 2020](https://www.moh.gov.jm/jamaica-to-offer-antigen-testing-for-covid-19/) suggests that only PCR tests are in use, but that there are plans to implement non-PCR antigen tests in the near future. We will monitor for the introduction of these non-PCR tests. |