By Sue-Ann Wayow
NINETEEN more persons have died due to Covid-19 on Thursday.
And there are now over 16,000 active positive cases in Trinidad and Tobago.
In its latest Covid-19 update (947), the Ministry of Health also reported 928 new positive cases taken from samples during the period December 19 to December 22.
See below:
Total people tested: 498, 173
New cases: 928
Active cases: 16, 025
Patients recovered: 69, 274
Total positive cases: 87, 980
Deaths: 2,681
Patients in hospital: 524
Patients in step-down Facilities: 213
Patients in state quarantine: 35
Patients in home isolation: 14,360
Total persons vaccinated with 1st dose of a Two Dose Regime: 658, 807
Total persons vaccinated with 2nd dose of a Two Dose Regime: 616, 085
Total persons vaccinated with a Single Dose Regime: 47, 746
Total persons with a Completed Vaccination Regime: 663, 831
Total persons with Additional Primary Dose and Booster: 65, 336
Percentage of patients in the parallel healthcare system who are not fully vaccinated: 87. 5%, 8,156 out of 9,321 based on data from July 22, 2021 to December 8, 2021
Deaths recorded for the year:
January: 7
February: 5
March: 3
April: 27
May: 326
June: 352
July: 230
August: 217
September: 191
October : 214
November : 462
December 1: 19
December 2: 21
December 3: 17
December 4: 21
December 5: 26
December 6: 19
December 7: 22
December 8: 17
December 9: 16
December 10: 25
December 11: 22
December 12:24
December 13: 22
December 14: 25
December 15: 32
December 16: 17
December 17: 24
December 18: 33
December 19: 20
December 20: 32
December 21: 27
December 22: 23
December 23: 19