Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, has announced that based on the favourable COVID-19 figures being recorded daily, the Ministry of Health is comfortable that there is no immediate threat to the healthcare system.

In light of this, daily COVID-19 updates will be discontinued after today (Wednesday 21st September 2022) and updates will be shared on a weekly basis on Tuesdays.

Minister Deyalsingh also announced today that weekly Press Conferences on Wednesdays will be discontinued, unless required.

Speaking today (Wednesday 21st September 2022) at what turned out to be the last COVID-19 virtual Press Conference (for now), Min­is­ter of Health, Ter­rence Deyals­ingh, announced the Ministry will no longer host these weekly live updates. He said the de­ci­sion came in light of favourable cir­cum­stances with the coun­try's out­break.

Minister Deyals­ingh noted that a rel­a­tive­ly low sev­en-day rolling av­er­age of 130 new cas­es, a de­creased pos­i­tiv­i­ty rate of 21.7%, de­creas­ing Hos­pi­tal oc­cu­pan­cy with just ten (10) pa­tients cur­rent­ly in ICU, and the low­est num­ber of ac­tive cas­es in re­cent times (4,259), all contributed to the decision.

”We feel fair­ly com­fort­able that there is no im­me­di­ate threat to the health­care sys­tem, we have de­cid­ed that to­day's Press Con­fer­ence in this for­mat will be the last of the se­ries of Press Con­fer­ences we've been hav­ing over the past two and a half years,” he said.

The Min­is­ter as­sured that should any ur­gent de­vel­op­ments present them­selves, a phys­i­cal Press Con­fer­ence will be held at the Min­istry of Health, “as need­ed when need­ed.” Al­though he ad­mit­ted it was a som­bre mo­ment hav­ing to say good­bye to the se­ries which last­ed al­most two and a half years, he said it was a nec­es­sary move.

”At the Min­istry of Health, we want to move on to deal­ing with oth­er is­sues like our blood do­na­tion dri­ve, our NCDs, men­tal health and so on, so we need to re-pri­ori­tize and re­-fo­cus,” he said.

Minister Deyalsin­ngh thanked the me­dia prac­ti­tion­ers for at­tend­ing the con­fer­ences, es­pe­cial­ly those who were fre­quent at­ten­dees. He al­so thanked health­care work­ers for their ef­forts dur­ing the Pan­dem­ic.

Even though the World Health Or­gan­i­za­tion's Di­rec­tor Gen­er­al, Dr. Tedros Ad­hanom Ghe­breye­sus said recently that the ”end is in sight” for the Pandemic, and Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent, Joe Biden, de­clared it was over, Minister Deyalsingh said he does not share the same sen­ti­ment for T&T. “The Pan­dem­ic is not over in my view, in the Trinidad and To­ba­go con­text,” he said.

”A Pan­dem­ic does not re­al­ly have a de­fined end date be­cause what is go­ing to hap­pen with COVID-19...is most like­ly like In­fluen­za, like Swine Flu, which I had…it's go­ing to be­come en­dem­ic. So it may not nec­es­sar­i­ly be over where you have no COVID any­where in the world or in Trinidad and To­ba­go. It is go­ing to be part of our pub­lic health land­scape,” the Minister said.

​[Source: T&T Guardian]

The Ministry of Health will be hosting a virtual Press Conference at 11:00 AM this morning (Wednesday 21st September 2022) to update the public about the latest developments with COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Ministry reported 174 new cases yesterday and no additional deaths. The country’s death toll has reached 4,194. There have been 3,334 new cases and fifty (50) deaths so far in the month of September.

​Watch the live stream of the Press Conference below when it begins at 11:00 AM, courtesy of TTT.

The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Tuesday 20th September 2022) that there are 174 new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago and no additional deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 4,259.

​The number of new cases represents a 194.92% increase in reported cases from yesterday. Active cases are the lowest for the month and have been decreasing for ten (10) consecutive days. Hospitalizations are also at the lowest level for the month and have been decreasing for five (5) consecutive days.

There have been 3,334 new cases and fifty (50) deaths so far in the month of September.

The Ministry reported fifty-nine (59) new cases yesterday plus three (3) additional deaths. The country’s death toll remains at 4,194. As of 14th September 2022, 314 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 3,476 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated).

A total of 716,868 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 51.2% of the population. Meanwhile, 683,132 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 48.8% of the population. 168,595 persons in total have taken a booster shot.

Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 14th September 2022, 4,317 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 20.6%, while 16,606 are not fully vaccinated, representing 79.4%.

The Ministry states that the number of positive cases reported reflects the samples taken during a 2-day period between 18th - 19th September 2022 and not the last twenty-four (24) hours.

The Ministry also notes that there are currently 159 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities (down 1.85% from yesterday). Five (5) are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and nine (9) are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Monday 19th September 2022) that there are fifty-nine (59) new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago plus three (3) unfortunate deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 4,340.

The number of new cases is the lowest for the month and represents a 42.72% decrease in reported cases from yesterday. Active cases are the lowest for the month and have been decreasing for nine (9) consecutive days. Hospitalizations are also at the lowest level for the month and have been decreasing for four (4) consecutive days.

There have been 3,160 new cases and fifty (50) deaths so far in the month of September.

The Ministry reported 103 new cases yesterday plus two (2) additional deaths. The country’s death toll has increased to 4,194. As of 14th September 2022, 314 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 3,476 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated).

A total of 716,837 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 51.2% of the population. Meanwhile, 683,163 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 48.8% of the population. 168,567 persons in total have taken a booster shot.

Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 14th September 2022, 4,317 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 20.6%, while 16,606 are not fully vaccinated, representing 79.4%.

The Ministry also notes that there are currently 162 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities (down 7.95% from yesterday).

The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Sunday 18th September 2022) that there are 103 new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago plus two (2) unfortunate deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 4,405.

​The number of new cases represents a 1.98% increase in reported cases from yesterday. Active cases are at the lowest level for the month and have been decreasing for eight (8) consecutive days. Hospitalizations are also at the lowest level for the month and have been decreasing for three (3) consecutive days.

There have been 3,101 new cases and forty-seven (47) deaths so far in the month of September.

The Ministry reported 101 new cases yesterday plus five (5) additional deaths. The country’s death toll has increased to 4,191. As of 14th September 2022, 314 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 3,476 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated).

A total of 716,837 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 51.2% of the population. Meanwhile, 683,163 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 48.8% of the population. 168,553 persons in total have taken a booster shot.

Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 14th September 2022, 4,317 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 20.6%, while 16,606 are not fully vaccinated, representing 79.4%.

The Ministry states that the number of positive cases reported reflects the samples taken during a 2-day period between 16th - 17th September 2022 and not the last twenty-four (24) hours.

The Ministry also notes that there are currently 176 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities (down 4.35% from yesterday). Six (6) are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and nine (9) are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).