NEWS DESK

As of Oc­to­ber 5, To­ba­go has 75 COVID cas­es, 11 of which are ac­tive.

Ac­cord­ing to the Di­vi­sion of Health, Well­ness, and Fam­i­ly De­vel­op­ment, five of those cas­es are new.

The Di­vi­sion says four ad­di­tion­al per­sons were dis­charged, bring­ing the to­tal num­ber of per­sons who com­plet­ed their clin­i­cal treat­ment to 62.

Here is the full news re­lease.

UP­DATE #47 – CORO­N­AVIRUS DIS­EASE 2019 (COVID-19) IN TO­BA­GO

Wil­son Road, 05th Oc­to­ber, 2020, 9:00am:

Four (4) ad­di­tion­al per­sons have been dis­charged, af­ter meet­ing the clin­i­cal cri­te­ria for dis­charge.

Five (5) ad­di­tion­al cas­es test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19 in To­ba­go. All es­tab­lished pro­to­cols were im­ple­ment­ed, in­clu­sive of con­tact trac­ing, which is on­go­ing.

The clin­i­cal up­date for To­ba­go is as fol­lows:

● Num­ber of per­sons dis­charged = 62

● Num­ber of sam­ples sub­mit­ted to the To­ba­go Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (TRHA) and oth­er lo­cal sites to test for COVID-19 = 1200

● Num­ber of sam­ples that test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19 = 75

    -  Num­ber of ac­tive COVID-19 cas­es = 11

        * Num­ber of pa­tients at the COVID-19 Treat­ment Fa­cil­i­ty = 5

        * Num­ber of pa­tients at the COVID-19 In­ten­sive Care Unit = 0

        * Num­ber of pa­tients at the step-down fa­cil­i­ty = 3

        * Num­ber of pa­tients en route to the COVID-19 Treat­ment Fa­cil­i­ty = 3

    -  Num­ber of deaths = 2

The pub­lic is re­mind­ed to prac­tice all pre­ven­ta­tive and safe­ty 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).