The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from the Min­istry of Health:

The Min­istry of Health pro­vides the fol­low­ing clin­i­cal up­date as of the morn­ing of Sat­ur­day 1st Au­gust, 2020:

 Num­ber of sam­ples sub­mit­ted to the Caribbean Pub­lic Health Agency (CARPHA) and UWI site for test­ing for­COVID-19  7950

 Num­ber of unique pa­tient tests com­plet­ed  6379

 Num­ber of re­peat­ed tests  1571

 Num­ber of sam­ples which have test­ed pos­i­tive  173

 Num­ber of deaths  8

 Num­ber of per­sons dis­charged  132
   

The Min­istry of Health pro­vides the fol­low­ing up­date:

          Four (4) ad­di­tion­al per­sons have test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19.  These cas­es are pend­ing epi­demi­o­log­i­cal in­ves­ti­ga­tion.  All es­tab­lished pro­to­cols have been im­ple­ment­ed.

COVID-19 Pos­i­tive Pa­tients in Hos­pi­tal – (29).  Four (4) new pa­tients are en route to hos­pi­tal.

Cau­ra Hos­pi­tal  27
Cou­va Hos­pi­tal and Mul­ti-Train­ing Fa­cil­i­ty  2

COVID-19 Pos­i­tive Pa­tients in Step-down / Tran­si­tion Fa­cil­i­ties – (0)

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.

If you or a loved one de­vel­ops symp­toms of COVID-19, please call the hot­line 877-WELL or 800-WELL (9355) for fur­ther guid­ance. If the per­son is se­vere­ly ill, call the 811 (emer­gency hot­line) or call ahead to the Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ment of your near­est hos­pi­tal for help and go in im­me­di­ate­ly.

The Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go will con­tin­ue to up­date the pub­lic via its of­fi­cial com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels such as the Min­istry of Health’s web­site (health.gov.tt), the Min­istry of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Web­sites (moc.gov.tt and news.gov.tt) and the rel­e­vant so­cial me­dia pages of these en­ti­ties (Face­book, Twit­ter and In­sta­gram).