There are no more COVID-19 pa­tients at the Cau­ra Hos­pi­tal, as the last group has been moved to step down fa­cil­i­ties for fur­ther re­cov­ery.

Con­fir­ma­tion comes from the Min­istry of Health in its lat­est COVID-19 Up­date, as of the morn­ing of Fri­day 24 April 2020.

The Min­istry al­so re­ports that a to­tal of 49 COVID-19 pa­tients are re­cov­er­ing now at step down fa­cil­i­ties in Cou­va and San­gre Grande.

The fol­low­ing is the com­plete clin­i­cal up­date from the Min­istry...

TRINIDAD AND TO­BA­GO COVID-19 (NOV­EL CORO­N­AVIRUS) UP­DATE #133

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 Fri­day 24th April 2020:

1,473  =  Num­ber of sam­ples sub­mit­ted to the Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA) for test­ing for COVID-19

1,226  =  Num­ber of unique pa­tient tests com­plet­ed

247  =  Num­ber of re­peat­ed tests

115  =  Num­ber of sam­ples which have test­ed pos­i­tive

8  =  Num­ber of deaths

48  =  Num­ber of per­sons dis­charged

The Min­istry of Health pro­vides the fol­low­ing up­date:

*  Eleven (11) ad­di­tion­al per­sons have been de­cant­ed from the Cou­va Hos­pi­tal and Mul­ti-train­ing Fa­cil­i­ty to the Home of Foot­ball, Cou­va.

*  No pa­tient is cur­rent­ly in the In­ten­sive Care Unit (ICU).

*  No pa­tient is cur­rent­ly in the High De­pen­den­cy Unit (HDU).

COVID-19 Pa­tients in Hos­pi­tals

To­tal num­ber of hos­pi­tal­ized pa­tients – 10

*  Cau­ra Hos­pi­tal – 0

*  Cou­va Hos­pi­tal and Mul­ti-train­ing fa­cil­i­ty – 10

   -  Num­ber of pa­tients in In­ten­sive Care Unit (ICU) – 0

   -  Num­ber of pa­tients in High De­pen­den­cy Unit (HDU) – 0

   -  Num­ber of Am­bu­la­to­ry pa­tients – 10

COVID-19 Pa­tients in Step-down/ Tran­si­tion Fa­cil­i­ties

*  San­gre Grande Cen­tre (Brook­lyn Fa­cil­i­ty) – 11

   -  All are low risk, sta­ble pa­tients.

*  Home of Foot­ball, Cou­va – 38

   -  All are low risk, sta­ble pa­tients

Please note:

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.