Jamaica’sChief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has said Jamaica could reach the peak week of the fourth wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) by the end of January/early February.
She said the projections from Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness are that the country could see as many as 11,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 during that peak week.
Bisasor-McKenzie, who was addressing a recent press conference, noted further, that “as the number of confirmed cases increase, the number of deaths can also increase in the region of 200 to 300 in that peak week”
She said hospital occupancy in Jamaica due to COVID-19 is also expected to see a continued rise, noting that the number of occupied beds could “go way above the 1,200… in the third surge, and could go up to almost 2,500 persons on beds”.
