There have been 42 new pos­i­tive cas­es of COVID-19 record­ed, bring­ing the to­tal num­ber of ac­tive cas­es in the coun­try to 1,236 pa­tients.

That’s ac­cord­ing to the lat­est up­date from the Min­istry of Health.  This lat­est sta­tis­tic marks a fur­ther re­duc­tion in the num­ber of ac­tive cas­es na­tion­al­ly, as the fig­ure for yes­ter­day (Wednes­day) stood at 1,241 pa­tients.

In its up­date for to­day, Thurs­day 29 Oc­to­ber 2020, the Min­istry al­so is re­port­ing no new deaths from the COVID-19 dis­ease. The na­tion­al toll re­mains at 107 per­sons, fol­low­ing the most re­cent death, which was record­ed on Wednes­day 28 Oc­to­ber 2020.

The Health Min­istry al­so notes in its up­date:

● 58 per­sons are still hos­pi­talised for COVID-19; down from 62, on Wednes­day.

● 1,146 per­sons are in home self-iso­la­tion; down by two per­sons, from 1,148 on Wednes­day.

● 115 per­sons are in State quar­an­tine fa­cil­i­ties; down from 198 on Wednes­day.

● 32 pa­tients are still re­cov­er­ing in step/down fa­cil­i­ties; up by one pa­tient on Wednes­day.

Update courtesy Ministry of Health.

Mem­bers of the pub­lic are re­mind­ed that they must ad­here to the ‘New Nor­mal’ rec­om­men­da­tions and take the fol­low­ing per­son­al health mea­sures to pro­tect them­selves and their loved ones from COVID-19:

●   Wear a mask over your nose and mouth when you go out in pub­lic

●   Keep your dis­tance from oth­ers (6 feet)

●   Stay home if you are ill

●   Clean then sani­tise sur­faces (e.g. table­tops, door knobs and cell phones)

●   Wash your hands of­ten with soap and wa­ters or use an al­co­hol-based hand sani­tis­er

●   Cough in­to a tis­sue or in­to the cook of your el­bow

●   Avoid touch­ing your face

If you or a loved one de­vel­ops symp­toms of COVID-19, please call the hot­line 877-WELL or 800-WELL (9355) for fur­ther guid­ance.

If the per­son is se­vere­ly ill, call the 811 (emer­gency hot­line) or call ahead to the Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ment of your near­est hos­pi­tal for help and go in im­me­di­ate­ly.

The Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go will con­tin­ue to up­date the pub­lic via its of­fi­cial com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels such as:

●  The Min­istry of Health’s web­site (health.gov.tt);

●  The Min­istry of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions web­sites (moc.gov.tt and news.gov.tt); and

●  The rel­e­vant so­cial me­dia pages of these en­ti­ties (Face­book, Twit­ter and In­sta­gram).