The Ministry of Health is currently monitoring a number of COVID-19 hotspots around the country even as it was noted that new variants may be circulating here as there has been an increase in hospitalisations.
This was revealed by Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday who stated that on average the country has been recording some 100 new cases daily and it is a worrying trend.
“From all the clinical parameters that we are seeing it might be the new variants that are circulating and apart from the increase in cases we have also seen an increase in hospitalisations,” Anthony said.
There are currently over 1,000 active cases across the country while some 104 persons are hospitalised. He added that some 78 persons are patients at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal. It was revealed in the COVID-19 dashboard that some 31 persons are in the ICU.
“So you can see over a short period of time our ICU numbers have moved from about 12 right up to 26 right now so this is showing… people are getting infected but they’re getting a more severe form of the infection,” Dr. Anthony noted.
He added that there are a number of hotspots in various regions that are being monitored while active cases have increased in some areas that were being monitored previously. One example he stated was Tuschen in Region Three where there are about 35 active cases.
Additionally, he mentioned that in and around Georgetown there are 409 active cases overall as he revealed that in almost every area in the city there are active cases. Anthony further stated that on the East Bank of Demerara there are 50 active cases in the Diamond area, 44 in Grove and about 28 in Timehri. On the East Coast of Demerara there are about 28 cases in Better Hope, 22 in Enmore and 21 in Mahaica.
