It means that the first eight days of 2022 have recorded 178 deaths due to Covid-19, an average of 22.25 per day.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#963) also reported 485 new positive cases.
It also reported that 88,083 boosters have been administered while 48.2% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
See below:
New cases: 485
Active cases: 16,063
Deaths: 3,047
Total deaths by vaccination status: 2, 487 (not fully vaccinated), 170 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 600
Total persons fully vaccinated: 674,197
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 725,803
Boosters administered: 88,083
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 9,607 or 86%, while 1,570 or 14% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021 to December 22, 2021.
For the year 2022:
January 1: 14 deaths, 302 cases;
January 2: 31 deaths, 458 cases;
January 3: 22 deaths, 338 cases;
January 4: 15 deaths, 637 cases;
January 5: 22 deaths, 579 cases;
January 6: 19 deaths, 883 cases;
January 7: 18 deaths, 974 cases;
January 8: 37 deaths, 485 cases.
