Trinidad records first COVID-19 Omicron case - December 13, 2021

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Trinidad records first Omicron case
Monday, December 13, 2021

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)– Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant with Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh Monday saying that the case was detected in a woman who travelled from New York.

Deyalsingh, speaking at the regular Ministry of Health COVID-29 news conference, said that the woman had a positive PCR test in New York and travelled to Panama, where she boarded with a negative antigen test.

He said the positive PCR test was noted by Port Health in Trinidad and the woman was placed in isolation at a step-down facility, where she remains....

 

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Record 33 deaths, 956 new virus cases
Dec 18, 2021 Updated 5 hrs ago

December is on pace to become Trinidad and Tobago’s deadliest and most infectious month of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A record 33 Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, as well as 956 new confirmed Covid cases, the second highest number of new infections reported in one day.

The second deadliest day of the pandemic was also recorded this month on December 15, with 32 deaths occurring that day.

Speaking during a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s yesterday, epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds noted that December has almost caught up to November’s figures.

December has now recorded 402 total deaths and 13,432 confirmed positive cases, compared to November’s record of 462 deaths and 14,032 total cases...