The Ministry of Health is reporting an additional Covid-19 related death in its update for today, taking the number of virus fatalities to 123.

The patient is said to be an elderly male with co-morbidities.

Meanwhile six new cases have been recorded over the last 24 hours, taking the overall number of cases to 6,885 with 582 of those being presently active.

There are 33 positive patients in hospital, with 518 others in self isolation.

The 518  figure includes 177 prisoners under watch by the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service.

Latest statistics from the Health Ministry also show that Tobago and the east-west corridor of the county of St George East now have the highest total number of COVID-19 cases to date. Epidemiologist Dr. Avery Hinds says they’ve also noted that there’s a vast amount of infections being recorded which are traced back to gatherings among extended families.