A 52-year-old Berbice resident is the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry this afternoon announced that as of Tuesday, April 20, the woman became the 274th person to die after testing positive for COVID-19.
The total deaths recorded for the month now stand at 41. It is the highest death count recorded in a single month so far since the presence of the virus was detected here.
The woman died while receiving care at a ministry facility.