153 new cas­es of COVID was record­ed by the Min­istry of Health to­day mak­ing it the high­est num­ber ever record­ed in a sin­gle day.

This morn­ing's up­date record­ed 85 new cas­es. The to­tal num­ber of ac­tive cas­es now stand at 1059.

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

As of the af­ter­noon of Tues­day, 25th Au­gust, 2020 the Min­istry re­ports the fol­low­ing:

Num­ber of sam­ples sub­mit­ted to the Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA), the UWI and oth­er lo­cal sites for test­ing for COVID-19 20,439

Num­ber of sam­ples which have test­ed pos­i­tive at pub­lic and pri­vate fa­cil­i­ties in Trinidad and To­ba­go 1,252

To­tal num­ber of ac­tive cas­es 1,059

Num­ber of deaths 15

Num­ber of per­sons dis­charged 178

The six­ty-eight (68) pos­i­tive cas­es re­port­ed be­low show re­sults from sam­ples tak­en dur­ing the pe­ri­od Au­gust 18th to Au­gust 24th, 2020. There­fore, this fig­ure is NOT rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the pos­i­tive cas­es over the last 24 hours on­ly.

The Min­istry of Health pro­vides the fol­low­ing up­date:

· Six­ty-eight (68) ad­di­tion­al per­sons have test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID -19.