FIVE more people have died from Covid-19 on Thursday in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#1017) reported 285 new positive cases.
The ministry also stated that 136,808 boosters have been administered while 50.3% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
The 5 deaths included:
- 4 elderly men; and
- 1 elderly woman.
Three persons out of five had multiple comorbidities while two persons had one comorbidity each.
Some of which included diabetes, hypertension, renal impairment, nasopharyngeal cancer, thyroid disease and chronic kidney disease.
See below:
New cases: 285
Active cases: 21,883
Deaths: 3,642
Total deaths by vaccination status as at March 2, 2022: 2,999 (not fully vaccinated), 248 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 260
Total persons fully vaccinated: 703,563
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 696,437
Boosters administered: 136, 808
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 13,704 or 82.7%, while 2,859 or 17.3% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to March 2, 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.
