FIVE more people have died of Covid-19 on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#1,078) reported 347 new positive Covid-19 cases.

The five deaths included: two elderly males, one elderly female, one middle-aged male and one young adult male.

Four persons had multiple comorbidities and one person had one known comorbidity.

The ministry also stated that 150, 958 boosters have been administered while 50.8% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.

See below:  

New cases: 347

Active cases: 8,637

Deaths: 3,838

Total deaths by vaccination status as at April 27, 2022: 3,161 (not fully vaccinated), 268 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.

Patients in hospital: 178

Total persons fully vaccinated: 711, 355

Total persons not fully vaccinated: 688,645

Boosters administered: 150, 958

Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 14,669 or 81.8%, while 3,267 or 18.2% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to April 27, 2022.

For the year 2022: 

January: 535 deaths, 19, 650 cases

February: 224 deaths, 16, 218 cases

March: 122 deaths, 10,093 cases

April: 75 deaths, 9,622 cases

May 1: 2 deaths, 468 cases;

May 2: 2 deaths, 295 cases;

May 3: 5 deaths, 347 cases