Guyana’s COVID-19 recoveries have now increased to 84 even as a new round of testing shows no new positive case.
Yesterday, the country recorded no new case of the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) with 8 new tests being conducted. This leaves the number of positive confirmed cases at 154 and increases the number of persons tested for so far to 1,816.
With that there are now 58 active cases in the country all of whom are in institutional isolation, while two patients are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 14 persons being in institutional quarantine.
Dr. Ertenisa Hamilton, during the Ministry of Public Health’s COVID-19 update stated that even though Guyana has only recorded one new case within the last seven days, Guyanese should take the necessary precautions as the country is still at a heightened risk of having imported cases.
“I encourage you to be extremely vigilant as our vulnerability for imported cases is heightened given the current situation in the countries around us”, Dr Hamilton said, while adding that Brazil which was deemed the epicentre of the virus has recently recorded 30,830 new cases along with 1,127 deaths.
With that Dr. Hamilton praised Guyana’s rapid response team, mobile units and surveillance teams along with staff at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory for their efforts which allow health authorities to track, diagnose and manage COVID-19 patients in an efficient manner.
