The Ministry of Health tonight said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 239.
The latest fatalities are two males, one 28-year-old from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) and one 81-year-old from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). They both died while receiving care at the ministry’s medical facility.