SINCE the Covid-19 pandemic started in Trinidad and Tobago, 3,700 people have died from the coronavirus.
Five more fatalities from Covid-19 were reported on Thursday and the Ministry of Health also stated there were 484 new positive cases.
The deaths included four elderly men and one elderly woman.
Four out of the five people had multiple comorbidities while one had one comorbidity.
Some of the diseases included hypertension, diabetes, a history of strokes, bone cancer, ESRD, BHP, and thyroid disease.
See below:
New cases: 484
Active cases: 10,773
Deaths: 3, 700
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: 198
Total persons fully vaccinated: 706,781
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 693,219
Boosters administered: 141,910
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.
