Elderly couple die as covid19 deaths climb to 4,038

One elderly man and one elderly woman, both with multiple comorbidities, died of covid19 between Friday and Saturday afternoon according to the Ministry of Health’s afternoon update, bringing the total number of deaths in TT to 4,038.

There were 109 new cases recorded from samples taken from July 14-15, which brought the total number of positive cases since March 12, 2020 to 169,137.

There were 99 people in hospital, including three in the intensive care unit and one in the high dependency unit, as well as 6,112 in home self-isolation.

Eight people were discharged from public health facilities while 109 recovered from home isolation, bringing the total number of people recovered to 158,888, and the number of active cases to 6,211.

So far, 714,898 people completed their vaccination regime and 166,819 received their booster shots.