Region Nine cook is latest confirmed COVID fatality

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed that another person who was infected with COVID-19 has died, increasing the country’s death toll from the virus to 478.

In announcing the latest fatality, the MoH said the deceased was a 50-year-old woman from Region Nine, who died while receiving care at a state medical facility.

Stabroek News on Friday had reported on the death of the woman, Glenda Bernard, of Kumu, in Region Nine. Bernard was a cook attached to the Lethem Regional Hospital. Prior to contracting COVID-19, she was diagnosed with Dengue Fever. She succumbed at the Lethem Hospital.