A BOY is one of the two people who died of Covid-19 on the first day of June.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#1,107), noted that there were 206 new positive cases.
The deaths recorded are one middle-aged man and a male child.
Both persons each had a comorbidity.
May recorded a total of 88 deaths and 13,717 positive cases, an increase from April.
May 28 was the deadliest day in the month with six people dying of Covid-19 and it also recorded two days with no deaths.
The ministry also stated that 158, 902 boosters have been administered while 50.9% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
See below:
New cases: 206
Active cases: 8,821
Deaths: 3,919
Total deaths by vaccination status as at June 1, 2022: 3,248 (not fully vaccinated), 281 (fully vaccinated), 390 prior to the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 180
Total persons fully vaccinated: 712,605
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 687,395
Boosters administered: 158,902
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 15, 292 or 81%, while 3, 576 or 19% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to June 1, 2022.
For the year 2022:
January: 535 deaths, 19,650 cases
February: 224 deaths, 16,218 cases
March: 122 deaths, 10,096 cases
April: 75 deaths, 9,622 cases
May: 88 deaths, 13,717 cases
June 1: 2 deaths, 206 cases
