The Trinidad and Tobago government had announced a partial lockdown after the country recorded a new COVID-19 one-day record of 328 new cases on Thursday.
The country has now recorded 10,170 COVID-19 cases since the first reported infection in March 2020. From these, 8,351 patients have recovered. The death toll has also increased to 163 after the Ministry of Health recorded two new deaths on Wednesday. There are now 1,656 active cases.
“The numbers we are seeing now are slightly ahead of the projected numbers that we would have made in some quarters and in some other quarters, we would see the curve not going in the direction we would like it to go,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in announcing the new stricter measures.
He said that all restaurants, bars, malls, places of worship, gyms, fitness centres as well as spas, hairdressing and beauty places, casinos, cinemas, theatres and clubs, will be closed until May 23. In addition, the public service will operate on essential services.
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