The following is a press release from the Ministry of Health:
As of the afternoon of Tuesday 15th September 2020 the Ministry reports the following:
| Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the UWI and other local sites for testing for COVID-19 | 27,883 |
| Number of samples which have tested positive at public and private facilities in Trinidad and Tobago | 3,223 |
| Total number of active cases | 2,369 |
| Number of deaths | 56 |
| Number of persons discharged | 798 |
The Ministry of Health provides the following update:
· Forty (40) additional persons have tested positive for COVID -19.
The forty (40) positive cases reported shows results from samples taken during the period September 4th to September 14th, 2020. Therefore, this figure is NOT representative of the positive cases over the last 24 hours only.
