TEN more Covid-19 deaths are recorded in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#989) on Thursday also reported 638 new positive cases.
The ministry also stated that 113,028 boosters have been administered while 49.5% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
The ten deaths included:
- 5 elderly men;
- 1 elderly woman;
- 2 middle-aged women; and
- 2 middle-aged men.
Two out of the ten persons had no known comorbidities, while four had multiple comorbidities and the other four had only one.
Some of the comorbidities included diabetes, hypertension, lung disease, obesity and a history of strokes.
See below:
New cases: 638
Active cases: 19,816
Deaths: 3,433
Total deaths by vaccination status as at January 26, 2022: 2,827 (not fully vaccinated), 216 (fully vaccinated), 390 before the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 479
Total persons fully vaccinated: 693,136
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 706,864
Boosters administered: 113,028
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 12, 164 or 84.1%, while 2, 301 or 15.9% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021 to January 12, 2022.
For the year 2022:
January: 535 deaths, 19,650 cases
February 1: 8 deaths, 470 cases
February 2: 11 deaths, 660 cases
February 3: 10 deaths, 638 cases