Guyana recorded eight more COVID-19 deaths between last Wednesday and Saturday, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday.
In a statement, the ministry identified the fatalities as four men and four women, from regions Two, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Ten. They ranged in age from 29 to 90. Eight of them were unvaccinated while the remaining person was fully vaccinated.
The ministry said the patients were admitted with COVID-19-like symptoms but died while receiving care at state institutions. Samples were taken at the time of admission and subsequently returned positive tests.
With the deaths, the death toll from the pandemic increased to 941.Meanwhile, the ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard showed 86 new cases being confirmed from 1,606 tests. It also showed that there were 10 persons in the COVID-19 ICU, 64 persons in institutional isolation and 2,472 in home isolation.
