The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday reported the country’s 17th death related to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer Terrence Esseboom, the newest COVID-19 fatality is a 69-year-old woman from Cummings Lodge, Georgetown. The Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Three confirmed that the woman, who had tested positive prior to her death, died while in isolation at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
No further details were provided.
Meanwhile, according to the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard, one new case has been recorded from the results of 54 more tests that were done, taking the total number of cases that the country has recorded to date to 291.
Fourteen additional persons also recovered from the disease so there is a total of 148 recoveries to date. There are still six persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 19 persons in institutional quarantine. However, considering the additional recoveries, there are now 126 persons in institutional isolation.
