Overseas-based Guyanese real estate investor dies due to COVID-19

Pictured in back row, from left to right: Amar Jairam, Annette Persaud-Jairam, Prem Persaud, Janet Persaud, Gregory Persaud and Ryan Jairam. Front row: Deo Persaud, Kevin Jairam and Sylvia Persaud. (Tampa Bay Times/Annette Persaud-Jairam photo)

Deo Mohan Persaud, an overseas-based Guyanese real estate investor, lost his fight to the novel coronavirus in May at the St. Petersburg Nursing Home, Florida.

Persaud died on May 30, at the age of 80, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

However, in his final hours, as his oxygen levels dropped and his kidneys shut down and his heart rate slowed, he was not alone.