ANOTHER four people have died from Covid-19 on Saturday.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#1,033) reported 433 new positive cases.
The ministry also stated that 142,679 boosters have been administered while 50.5% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
The four deaths included:
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2 elderly men; and
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2 middle-aged men.
Two out of the four men had one comorbidity each, while one had multiple comorbidities, and the other had no known medical condition.
Some of the comorbidities included htn, dm, a history of strokes and heart disease.
See below:
New cases: 433
Active cases: 10,050
Deaths: 3,708
Total deaths by vaccination status as at March 16, 2022: 3,050 (not fully vaccinated), 255 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 178
Total persons fully vaccinated: 707,021
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 692,979
Boosters administered: 142, 679
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 13,992 or 82.6%, while 2,948 or 17.4% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to March 16, 2022.
For the year 2022:
January: 535 deaths, 19, 650 cases
February: 224 deaths, 16, 218 cases
March 1: 4 deaths, 280 cases;
March 2: 5 deaths, 546 cases;
March 3: 5 deaths, 285 cases;
March 4: 7 deaths, 345 cases;
March 5: 3 deaths, 642 cases;
March 6: 7 deaths, 437 cases;
March 7: 6 deaths, 132 cases;
March 8: 2 deaths, 432 cases;
March 9: 2 deaths, 414 cases;
March 10: 4 deaths, 462 cases;
March 11: 3 deaths, 543 cases;
March 12: 5 deaths, 325 cases;
March 13: 3 deaths, 225 cases;
March 14: 2 deaths, 218 cases;
March 15: 4 deaths, 242 cases;
March 16: 5 deaths, 395 cases;
March 17: 5 deaths, 485 cases;
March 18: 4 deaths, 173 cases;
March 19: 4 deaths, 433 cases
