The following is a press release from the Ministry of Health:
The Ministry of Health provides the following clinical update as of the morning of Wednesday, September 30, 2020:
| Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the UWI and other local sites for testing for COVID-19. | 30,977 |
| Number of unique patient tests completed | 27,914 |
| Number of repeated tests | 3,063 |
| Number of samples which have tested positive at public and private facilities in Trinidad and Tobago | 4,517 |
| Total number of active cases | 1,882 |
| Number of deaths | 75 |
| Number of persons discharged from public health facilities | 1,057 |
| Number of recovered community cases | 1,503 |
The Ministry of Health provides the following update:
· 54 additional persons have tested positive for COVID -19
These new 54 new patients will be processed for admission at the discretion of the CMOHs.
· 21 persons have been discharged from public health facilities
· 85 are recovered community cases
Recovered community cases refer to persons who were previously COVID-19 positive and in self-isolation at home and subsequently met the discharge criteria and were released from self-isolation.
· The Ministry of Health regrets to inform the public that there has been an additional COVID-19 related death. The person is an elderly female with comorbidities. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 75
COVID-19 Positive Patients in Hospital – 110
| Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility | 596 (ICU)5 (HDU) |
| Caura Hospital | 39 |
| Arima General Hospital | 54 (ICU) |
| Augustus Long Hospital | 1 |
| St Ann’s Hospital | 3 |
| Scarborough Regional Hospital at the Fort | 2 |
| Scarborough General Hospital, Signal Hill | 1 |
COVID-19 Positive Patients in Step-down / Transition Facilities – 11
| Brooklyn Facility, Sangre Grande | 0 |
| Balandra | 0 |
| Tacarigua | 0 |
| UWI, Debe | 6 |
| UWI, Canada Hall | 0 |
| UWI, Freedom Hall | 0 |
| NAPA | 0 |
| Tobago | 5 |
