(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:
Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 878
Number of samples which have tested positive 107
Number of deaths 8
Number of persons discharged 1
The Ministry of Health provides the following update:
● One additional person has tested positive for COVID-19 – Contact of person positive with COVID-19.
Of the total number of positive cases, 49 of these positive cases came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise:
● 46 positive cases from the group of 68 nationals who returned from the cruise together
● 3 positive cases from the group of nationals who returned from the same cruise separately from the other 68 nationals.
