THERE are now two more cases of Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago as of Sunday afternoon.
In its latest bulletin, the Ministry of Health stated that 525 samples have been tested by the Caribbean Public Health Agency and 78 have now tested positive.
One of the new cases is due to a close contact with a person who had tested positive for Covid-19 while the second one was “pending epidemiological investigation.”
The Health Ministry noted that of total number of positive cases, 49 of these came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise:
- 46 positive cases from the group of 68 nationals who returned from the cruise together
- 3 positive cases from the group of nationals who returned from the same cruise separately from the other 68 nationals.