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