Six new cases of the Delta Variant have been identified, including one in Tobago.

This was revealed by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasrom during this morning’s Covid-19 media briefing.

This is Tobago’s first confirmed case of the highly contagious variant.

The 5 cases in Trinidad are spread across the counties of St George West, St George Central, Victoria and St Andrew/St David.

Tobago’s now has 362 active Covid-19 cases, after reporting 11 new infections and 55 recoveries over the past 24 hours.  

Six patients remain in ICU.