Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities yesterday surpassed the 500 mark after four more deaths were reported.
This was announced in a Ministry of Health press release which informed that three of the deaths occurred on Monday while the other was recorded on Tuesday. The victims were all men. They were a 43-year-old from Region One, a 55-year-old from Region Three and an 83-year-old from Region Six who all died on July 12, while a 75-year-old from Region Ten died on July 13.
Guyana’s death toll as a result of the virus now stands at 503.
The ministry reported that these persons were admitted to facilities with COVID-19-like symptoms and died while receiving care. The samples that were taken when they were admitted later showed that they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Meanwhile, 168 new cases of the virus were reported which increased the total confirmed cases in the country to 21,223. These new cases came after some 1,407 more tests were carried out, thus raising the total number of tests done to date to 204,999.
According to the regional distribution of COVID-19 cases, the majority of cases were reported in Regions Nine, Four and Three with 91, 43 and 17 cases respectively. There are now 1,274 active cases, 84 of whom are in institutional isolation while 1,190 are in home isolation.
A total of 11 persons are currently patients at the COVID-19 ICU and 175 more persons have recovered from the virus. The total number of recovered cases in the country now stands at 19,435.
