THE Covid-19 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago cross 3,600.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#1010) on Thursday reported seven more Covid-19 deaths and 654 new positive cases.
In addition, 132,843 boosters have been administered while 50.1% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
The seven deaths included:
- 3 elderly men;
- 3 elderly women; and
- 1 middle-aged man
Three persons out of the seven had multiple comorbidities, one person had one comorbidity each, while three others had no known medical condition.
Some of the comorbidities included diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, hypercholesterolemia, Alzheimer’s and gout.
See below:
New cases: 654
Active cases: 21,251
Deaths: 3,603
Total deaths by vaccination status as at February 16, 2022: 2,924 (not fully vaccinated), 230 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 310
Total persons fully vaccinated: 701,881
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 698,119
Boosters administered: 132,843
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 12,860 or 83.5%, while 2,543 or 16.5% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to February 2, 2022.
For the year 2022:
January: 535 deaths, 19, 650 cases
February 1: 8 deaths, 470 cases;
February 2: 11 deaths, 660 cases;
February 3: 10 deaths, 638 cases;
February 4: 15 deaths, 581 cases;
February 5: 6 deaths, 867 cases;
February 6: 6 deaths, 505 cases;
February 7: 7 deaths, 573 cases;
February 8: 19 deaths, 926 cases;
February 9: 9 deaths, 756 cases;
February 10: 6 deaths, 738 cases;
February 11: 6 deaths, 963 cases;
February 12: 12 deaths, 777 cases;
February 13: 7 deaths, 382 cases;
February 14: 5 deaths, 510 cases;
February 15: 4 deaths, 376 cases;
February 16: 9 deaths, 412 cases;
February 17: 5 deaths, 410 cases;
February 18: 4 deaths, 624 cases;
February 19: 9 deaths, 440 cases;
February 20: 5 deaths, 564 cases;
February 21: 7 deaths, 355 cases;
February 22: 8 deaths, 412 cases;
February 23: 14 deaths, 722 cases;
February 24: 7 deaths, 654 cases
