The Ministry of Health yesterday disclosed that a 32nd person has died as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The deceased was identified as 52-year-old Humphrey Alfred of Kingelly, West Coast Berbice. Alfred was also an employee of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Berbice branch. He is the first person from Region Five to die after becoming infected with COVID-19.
The Ministry confirmed the death via the daily COVID-19 dashboard that was uploaded on the Ministry’s Facebook page.