The num­ber of COVID-19 cas­es in To­ba­go con­tin­ues to climb.

It is now 25 as there are three ad­di­tion­al cas­es as of to­day ( Au­gust 19).

Ac­cord­ing to a news re­lease from the Di­vi­sion of Health, Well­ness, and Fam­i­ly De­vel­op­ment, three ad­di­tion­al per­sons test­ed pos­i­tive for the virus bring­ing the to­tal num­ber of cas­es to 25.

The re­lease not­ed that 18 of the cas­es are pos­i­tive.

Here is the full re­lease.

The Di­vi­sion here­by no­ti­fies the pub­lic that three (3) ad­di­tion­al cas­es test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19 in To­ba­go. All are con­tacts of re­cent­ly pos­i­tive COVID-19 cas­es. All es­tab­lished pro­to­cols have since been im­ple­ment­ed, in­clu­sive of con­tact trac­ing, which is on­go­ing.

Con­se­quent­ly, there are cur­rent­ly eigh­teen (18) ac­tive COVID-19 cas­es be­ing treat­ed in To­ba­go. The to­tal pos­i­tive cas­es of COVID-19 record­ed in To­ba­go now stand at twen­ty five (25).

The pub­lic is re­mind­ed that COVID-19 is not over, so en­sure to prac­tice all pre­ven­ta­tive mea­sures, which in­clude:

· Wash your hands of­ten with soap and wa­ter for at least 20 sec­onds. If soap and wa­ter are not avail­able, use an al­co­hol-based hand san­i­tiz­er.

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

· Cov­er your cough or sneeze with your flexed el­bow, or with a tis­sue, then throw the tis­sue in the trash and wash your hands.

· Avoid close con­tact with any­one with cold or flu-like symp­toms.

· Stay at home when you are sick and call the hot­line at 800-HEAL (4325).

· Prac­tice phys­i­cal dis­tanc­ing (6 feet away from per­sons).

· Clean and dis­in­fect fre­quent­ly touched ob­jects and sur­faces (door han­dles, cell phones etc.)

If per­sons have flu-like symp­toms, stay at home and call the COVID-19 Hot­line, toll free at 800 HEAL (4325)

Re­porter: Camille Mceach­nie