During August, Guyana recorded 21 deaths as a result of COVID-19 which was almost double the amount of deaths that were recorded in the country from March to July.
According to the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, a number of those persons who died recently as a result of COVID-19 had underlying conditions and most were admitted to health facilities for those conditions then later found out that they were also positive for COVID-19.
During a press conference yesterday, the minister stated that it is unfortunate that there has been an increase in the amount of deaths that have been recorded especially at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. “Many of those patients who have died had co-morbidities, which is, they had varying diseases” he explained, while adding that those persons did not know they had the disease until being admitted for other issues.