Two additional COVID-19 deaths were yesterday added to May’s fatality count.
The Ministry of Health in a press release stated that the two additional deaths which were recorded as of May 31, increased Guyana’s total novel coronavirus fatality toll to 391. They were identified as a 44-year-old man from Region Four and a 94-year-old woman from Region Three. They both died while receiving care at a medical facility.
These deaths increased the fatality count for the month of May – the deadliest month in relation to COVID-19 – to 92.
Meanwhile 162 new cases of the virus were recorded yesterday taking the total number of confirmed cases to 17,114. These came after 1,239 tests were conducted, increasing the total number of persons tested to date to 155,228.
According to the regional distribution of COVID-19 cases, the majority of the new cases were recorded in Region’s Nine and Four with 105 and 39 cases being reported respectively. There are now 1,844 active cases, 99 of whom are in institutional isolation and 1,745 in home isolation.
A total of 21 patients remain in the country’s COVID-19 ICU and 357 more persons have recovered bringing the total number of recovered cases to 14,879.
