The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday said that two more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died.
In a statement, the Ministry said that the latest fatalities are a 60-year-old man who was unvaccinated and a 70-year-old female who was fully vaccinated. They were both from Region Four. They both died while receiving care at a medical facility, increasing the total number of deaths in Guyana to 703.
Thus far, 78 persons have died in the month of September.
Meanwhile, the dashboard showed that 299 new cases have been confirmed from 1,794 tests. Of that number 157 are from Region Four, 50 from Region Three, 23 from Region Eight, 22 from Region Two, 15 from Region Ten, 12 from Region Five, 8 each from regions One and Eight, 3 from Region Nine and 1 from Region Seven.
The dashboard also showed that 34 persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 156 in institutional isolation, 3182 in home isolation and 11 persons in institutional quarantine.
In his COVID-19 update yesterday, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony said that there are 1,964 active cases in Region Four, and 854 cases in Region Three. “These regions account for the most cases,” he said. There are 107 in the ICU at the infectious Disease Hospital in Liliendaal with 34 of those in the ICU.
Anthony went on to encourage persons to get vaccinated, saying that it would reduce the chance of getting infected, hospitalisation and deaths especially in people who have comorbidities.
“They need to go get vaccinated because they are at risk. So if you have risk factors, then you should get vaccinated,” he said, before urging others to comply with other preventative measures.
He also revealed that there will be a vaccination drive at MovieTowne tomorrow for children who will be receiving their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Anthony noted that there will be other vaccines available so anybody can take advantage of the drive.
As of Wednesday, 341,600, Guyanese adults have received the first dose of a vaccine, accounting for 66.6% of the adult population while 176,695 persons have received a second dose, which is 34.4% of the population. Some 19,686 adolescents have received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
