KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica reported 120 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Friday, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health and Wellness.

This pushed the total number of cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic to 143,865 and the death toll to 3,155.

Of the newly reported cases, there were 68 females and 52 males with ages ranging from one to 92 years.

The cases were recorded in Kingston and St Andrew (51), St Catherine (23), St James (nine), St Thomas (eight), St Mary (six), Manchester (five), St Elizabeth (five), Hanover (three), Portland (three), St Ann (three), Clarendon (two), Westmoreland (one) and Trelawny (one).

The two newly reported fatalities comprise a 96-year-old female from St Ann who passed away in June 2022 and a 77-year-old female from St Catherine whose September 2021 death was under investigation.

The country also recorded 66 new recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries to 91,582.

The positivity rate for the latest round of testing was 17.3 per cent. There are 99 people hospitalised, two of them critically ill.

There are 1,244 confirmed active cases on the island.