Three more women succumb to COVID-19

Guyana has recorded three more COVID-19 fatalities all of whom are women. There are also 81 new cases of the virus.

This was disclosed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total COVID-19 deaths now stand at 533. The latest fatalities were identified as a 67-year-old from Region Eight who died on July 27, while a 64-year-old and a 68-year-old both from Region Four died on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the 81 new cases increased the total number of cases recorded to date to 22,315. These came after 1,303 new tests were done, thus increasing the total number of tests done to date to 221,861.