Guyana’s Health Minister has stated that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in Guyana, judging from the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last week or so. The variant has been found in more than 140 countries. In fact, Trinidad has confirmed that a traveller from Guyana was tested positive for the variant. According to the Minister, as the Delta variant becomes dominant, we are likely to see more cases of infections, hospitalization and deaths. Here are the latest statistics of COVID-related deaths from selected countries, including Guyana (in order from the most serious):