Trinidad and Tobago records 155 new COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago island have reported 155 new cases of the COVID-19 mutant on 14 September 2021, as per the report of the Health Ministry. 

As per the report, there are 3,769 total active cases in the nation. In comparison, a total of 42,208 individuals have been recovered from the contagious COVID-19 virus. 

In total, around 272 people are still in the hospital. The Health Ministry further informed in the report that a total of 1,386 patients have died on the Caribbean island as of 14 September 2021.

According to the report, there are a total of 67 patients in the step-down facilities, around 127 individuals are in the state-quarantine facilities. A total of 3,275 individuals have isolated themselves at their respective homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as per the data shared in the health ministry’s report of T&T. 

5,48,713 people have been partially vaccinated with one dose of vaccine. The vaccinated persons, on island have got 119,957 AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine, 372,935 got Sino pharm vaccine and 55,821 doses of Pfizer, 10,378Johnson & Johnson. 

448,802 people have been fully vaccinated on the island.

Public facilities discharged total 31 people on island, and 177 are recovered community cases. Recovered community cases are categorized in them those who have been infected by COVID-19 virus, and they were in self-isolation, and after reaching the discharge, criteria had been released from self-isolation.

5 additional death have also been reported on Saturday. From the 5 dead,1 were elderly male,3 elderly females and 1 middle-aged male, 0 middle-aged female, 0 young adult male, 0 young adult.

The Ministry focuses to give priority to its health care workers those are facing continuous  high-risk high-exposure society from the widely spread COVID-19 virus. To this end, health care workers are once again been prioritized to take another World Health Organization (WHO) recommended COVID-19 vaccine to protect their patients, their families and themselves.

Trinidad and Tobago would be receiving the shipment of 82,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. This shipment is coming from Canada. Canadian Minister of International Development Karina Gould gave this updation on the vaccine doses.