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Three elderly men and an elderly woman are the latest people to die from complications related to the Covid19 virus.
The Ministry of Health, in its daily update on Sunday, said the four patients had multiple co-morbidities, including diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease and neurological disease. The total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic is 4,132.
The ministry also reported 115 new cases from samples taken between Friday and Saturday. There are now 6327 active cases with 239 of them in hospital.
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At the Couva hospital and Multi-Training facility, there are 90 patients – six in the intensive care unit and four in the high dependency unit. There are 48 patients at Caura Hospital, 41 at Augustus Long in Point-a-Pierre, 22 at Arima General Hospital, 14 at Scarborough Regional Hospital (Fort) and one and Scarborough General Hospital (Signal Hill).
About 17 people have been discharged from public health institutions and there have been 257 cases cured in the community. These refer to persons who were previously positive for Covid19 and in home isolation and then met the discharge criteria.
