Published 14 May 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS Trinidad And Tobago
The total number of COVID-19 related deaths have risen to 256 with 21 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health in its clinical update advised of the latest fatalities: five elderly women with comorbidities, one elderly woman without comorbidities, three middle aged women with comorbidities, three middle aged women without comorbidities, four elderly men with comorbidities, one elderly man without comorbidities, two middle aged men without comorbidities, one middle aged man with comorbidities and one young adult man without comorbidities.
The Minister of Health at a virtual media briefing earlier this week noted that younger people are dying from the virus, with many of these deaths being noted in overweight and obese patients.
Virus related deaths have steadily increased in the past week.
Additionally, the Ministry noted that 397 new positive cases have been recorded, reflecting results from samples taken between Sunday and Wednesday. These new patients will be processed for admission at the discretion of the CMOHs.
Active cases have risen to 4,814 with the latest infections.
Meanwhile, 37 people have been discharged from public health facilities.
There have been 113 recovered community cases. Recovered community cases refer to people who were previously COVID-19 positive and in self-isolation at home and subsequently met the discharge criteria and were released from self-isolation. Total recovered patients are 9,744.
A total of 342 people remain hospitalised for COVID-19, with 58 patients in the High Dependency Unit and nine in Intensive Care. Some 103 patients are still at stepdown facilities, while 392 remain in state quarantine and 3,972 in home isolation.
Total confirmed cases of the virus are now at 14,814.
The Ministry will provide another update on the status of COVID-19.
