An­na-Lisa Paul

As T&T’s COVID-19 in­fec­tions surged ear­li­er this year, Coun­ty Ca­roni was iden­ti­fied among those with the high­est num­ber of new in­fec­tions. And while the coun­try’s over­all num­ber of ac­tive cas­es have con­tin­ued to fall, Ca­roni has re­mained a wor­ry­ing con­cern for of­fi­cials, as it is still is among those with the high­est num­ber of new in­fec­tions.

Dur­ing the Min­istry of Health’s me­dia brief­ing yes­ter­day, Epi­demi­ol­o­gist Dr Av­ery Hinds said in most of the coun­ties, a down­ward trend had been ob­served dur­ing weeks 21 to 23, with the ex­cep­tion of coun­ties Ca­roni, Nar­i­va/Ma­yaro and St Patrick.

The min­istry’s ge­o­graph­ic in­for­ma­tion sys­tems man­ag­er, Roshan Seer­am­s­ingh, said da­ta showed that with­in Coun­ty Ca­roni, there were ar­eas that are record­ing de­creas­ing cas­es, while oth­ers are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing in­creas­es. He at­trib­uted this to house­hold trans­mis­sion.

“We have seen in the past, spread tak­ing place in the home and of course look­ing at a small­er ge­o­graph­ic area, there is a chance that such spread is in­flu­enc­ing these out­comes.”