The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from the Min­istry of Health:

As part of the na­tion­al dri­ve to safe­guard the health of the Trinidad and To­ba­go pop­u­la­tion in the face of the glob­al COVID-19 out­break, the Min­istry of Health con­tin­ues to pro­vide up-to-date in­for­ma­tion on the coun­try’s sta­tus in this re­gard.

The Min­istry of Health pro­vides the fol­low­ing clin­i­cal up­date as of the morn­ing of Sat­ur­day 16th May, 2020:

 Num­ber of sam­ples sub­mit­ted to the Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA) and UWI site for test­ing for­COVID-19  2647
 Num­ber of unique pa­tient tests com­plet­ed  2235
 Num­ber of re­peat­ed tests  412
 Num­ber of sam­ples which have test­ed pos­i­tive  116
 Num­ber of deaths  8
 Num­ber of per­sons dis­charged  107

COVID-19 Pa­tients in Hos­pi­tal

To­tal num­ber of hos­pi­tal­ized pa­tients –1 
Cau­ra Hos­pi­tal–   1          Low risk, sta­ble pa­tient

In­ten­sive Care Units (ICUs) are hos­pi­tal wards that pro­vide treat­ment for peo­ple who are very ill. They are staffed with health care pro­fes­sion­als who are trained in ICU treat­ment and the use of so­phis­ti­cat­ed mon­i­tor­ing equip­ment.

High De­pen­den­cy Units (HDUs) are wards for peo­ple who need more ob­ser­va­tion, treat­ment and nurs­ing care than is pos­si­ble in a gen­er­al ward but slight­ly less than that giv­en in an In­ten­sive Care Unit.

An Am­bu­la­to­ry Pa­tient is able to walk about and is not bedrid­den.