COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago

The COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Trinidad and Tobago on 12 March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Trinidad and Tobago
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Trinidad and Tobago
Arrival date	12 March 2020-Present (4 years, 11 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Confirmed cases	50,229[1] (2020-05-08/2021-09-29)
Recovered	44,575[1]
Deaths	1,466[1]
Government website
health.gov.tt

Cases

On 12 March, Trinidad and Tobago recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was a 52-year-old man who had recently been to Switzerland.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} He was self-isolated before he began showing symptoms of COVID-19.^[6]

On 13 March, a second case of COVID-19 was recorded by Trinidad and Tobago.^[7] Two more cases were confirmed on the night of 15 March, bringing the total to 4 cases.^[8][9]

On 26 March, the second reported COVID-19 death was an eighty-year-old male with pre-existing medical conditions. He was among the rescued cruise ship passengers quarantined at Camp Balandra.^[10]

Response

On 16 March, Prime Minister Keith Rowley announced that the country will close its borders to everyone except Trinidad and Tobago nationals and health workers for the next 14 days. Additionally, bars were to be closed and the school closures extended until 20 April.^{[11][12][13][14]}