Close to 1,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported yesterday as health authorities have warned about a continuous rise in cases as the country is in its suspected Omicron surge.
This was disclosed by Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony during his daily COVID-19 update where he confirmed that an increase was expected while informing that 967 new cases were reported after 3,226 tests were done. As a result the country’s active cases now stand at 3,481.
Giving a regional breakdown, he noted that 2,289 cases are in Region Four, 285 in Region Three, 374 in Region Six, 110 in Region Seven and 107 in Region Ten. “Most of them are mild or in a lot of cases there are people who are asymptomatic, [however] we expect the duration of disease to be a little bit shorter but we are monitoring them.”
The health minister pointed out that there are a number of hotspots in the various regions. In Region Four on the East Bank of Demerara there are cases in Diamond (103), Providence (51), Eccles (42), Grove (39), Herstelling (30), and Mocha (18).
On the East Coast of Demerara, there are cases in Non Pareil (32), Mon Repos (30), Golden Grove (27), Triumph (27), Enterprise (24), and LBI also with 24.
In Georgetown, the minister indicated that there are about 1,106 cases in total spread across various communities which include Kitty with 107 cases, South Ruimveldt (77), Campbellville (69), Sophia (68), Cummings Lodge (48), Lodge (44), Industry (38) and North Ruimveldt with 36 cases.
Further, Anthony added that there has been a huge spike in Region Six, specifically New Amsterdam which now has 87 cases. In Region Seven, he stated that Bartica has 106 cases and in Region Nine, 72 cases are in Lethem while there are more cases in other communities.
