ANOTHER record day in Trinidad and Tobago with 21 deaths due to Covid-19 reported on Thursday.
This means that 87 people have died in T&T due to the coronavirus in the first 14 days of May.
The Ministry of Health in its Update #723 on Thursday also reported 397 new cases from samples taken during the period May 9 (Sunday) to May 12 (Wednesday).
The total number of deaths have risen to 256 with more than 4,800 active Covid-19 cases.
See below:
Total people tested: 149,880
New cases: 397
Active cases: 4,814
Patients recovered: 9,744
Total positive cases: 14,817
Deaths: 256
Patients in hospital: 342
Patients in step-down Facilities: 103
Patients in state quarantine: 392
Patients in home isolation: 3,972
Total persons vaccinated with 1st dose: 60,645
Total persons vaccinated with 2nd dose: 1,179
Deaths recorded for the year:
January: 4
February: 5
March: 3
April: 27
May 1: 2
May 2: 3
May 3: 5
May 4: 6
May 5: 4
May 6: 2
May 7: 5
May 8: 7
May 9: 8
May 10: 4
May 11: 9
May 12: 11
May 13: 21