Published 11 October 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS
Some 3,270 more people will soon be considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19, having completed their vaccination programme.
The Ministry of Health in its clinical update today noted that 546,532 people have now completed their vaccination regime, of either a two-dose or single dose vaccine, while 596,696 people were partially vaccinated.
A total of 248 additional cases have been recorded, reflecting results from samples taken between Wednesday and Saturday and not the last 24 hours. This brings active cases of the virus to 4,387 and overall positive cases to 52,728.
The number of cases of the Delta variant continue to rise, with the Ministry reporting seven additional cases: one is now deceased and five of the cases had no recent travel history. As for their vaccination status: one was partially vaccinated, three were fully vaccinated, and the other three were unvaccinated. T&T’s known Delta cases are now at 49.
The number of virus-related deaths now stand at 1,551 with 11 additional fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours: four elderly men, one elderly woman, one middle aged man and three middle aged women with comorbidities, and one middle aged man and one middle aged woman without comorbidities.
Some 265 people are still hospitalised for the virus, while 50 patients are still at step-down facilities and 108 are in state quarantine.
The Ministry noted that as of September 22, 95.1 per cent of those in the parallel healthcare system were not fully vaccinated.
Twenty-seven more people have been discharged from public health facilities, bringing the total number of people recovered from COVID-19 to 46,790.
The Ministry also noted that there have been 123 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. A total of 3,819 people are still in home self-isolation.
