IT was a record-breaking day for Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday with the highest number of positive being reported in a single day – 1,063.
The Ministry of Health in its latest update (#975) on Thursday reported the positive cases and 18 more deaths due to Covid-19.
Since the pandemic started more than 104,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The ministry also stated that 102,740 boosters have been administered while 48.7% of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is fully vaccinated.
See below:
New cases: 1,063
Active cases: 17,349
Deaths: 3,256
Total deaths by vaccination status as at January 19, 2022: 2,659 (not fully vaccinated), 189 (fully vaccinated), 390 before the vaccination programme.
Patients in hospital: 585
Total persons fully vaccinated: 682,387
Total persons not fully vaccinated: 717,613
Boosters administered: 102,740
Patients in the parallel healthcare system who were not fully vaccinated were 10,863 or 85.0%, while 1,914 or 15.0% were fully vaccinated based on data from July 22, 2021, to January 5, 2022.
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;
January 9: 19 deaths, 397 cases;
January 10: 16 deaths, 402 cases;
January 11: 20 deaths, 543 cases;
January 12: 17 deaths, 577 cases;
January 13: 15 deaths, 453 cases;
January 14: 22 deaths, 853 cases;
January 15: 24 deaths, 623 cases;
January 16: 17 deaths, 610 cases;
January 17: 11 deaths, 382 cases;
January 18: 16 deaths, 648 cases;
January 19: 14 deaths, 918 cases
January 20: 18 deaths, 1,063 cases
