A father of 3 has died of the coronavirus, bringing to 3 the number of related deaths in the country in less than a week.

The patient was 45 years old.

He is now the 11^th person to have died from complications due to the coronavirus.

The patient died at the Couva Hospital on Sunday.

Reports say the man showed symptoms of the virus about 2 weeks ago.

He went to a Public Health Facility and was tested for the virus.

He went into self-quarantine until the results came back positive last Saturday.

The man was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in Couva and placed on a ventilator.

It is reported his family has been placed in quarantine, pending tests.

The number of active cases in the country was 401, up to the last release from the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry said the country has seen 552 positive cases.

The Ministry’s last update said 33 additional persons tested positive.

It said it was awaiting lab forms for categorisation purposes.

One hundred and forty persons have been treated and discharged.