Guyana has now reached the 300 mark as COVID-19 cases here continue to rise.
This was announced yesterday by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle during the Public Health Ministry’s COVID-19 update. She stated that three new cases of the virus were recorded on Monday moving the total number of positive cases to 300. According to the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, the three new cases were recorded in Regions Four, Seven and Nine.
During the update it was also revealed that 78 tests were conducted during the last round of testing which means that 3,330 persons in total have been tested for the virus so far in Guyana. One hundred and fifty-five persons have so far recovered while the number of deaths remains at 17. Dr. Gordon-Boyle reported that there are currently 128 active cases that are in institutional isolation even as 20 persons are in institutional quarantine. Five persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer lamented that the number of positive cases is still on the rise as nine out of Guyana’s ten administrative regions have recorded COVID-19 cases with Region Eight being the newest region to record cases.
“Residents of Region Eight it is now time for you to be more vigilant, especially those of you in the mining areas and the bordering regions”, Dr. Gordon-Boyle said as she noted that the region is still extremely vulnerable to having imported cases as the number of cases in neighbouring Brazil continues to increase rapidly.
Further, she urged Toshaos and regional authorities to continue to monitor the situation in their respective areas and report to the Ministry of Public Health.
