Guyana records 16th death from COVID-19

The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll in Guyana continues to climb, as the country lost another person to the deadly disease, on Sunday.

The latest COVID-19 victim was a 76-year-old woman.
It is unclear when she contracted the disease or whether she was in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but Portsmouth became the fourth person to die from the disease in one week.

Health authorities have tested some 2,889 persons to date, with 2,611 of those persons being negative and 278 positive. Of the positive cases, some 121 persons have recovered and 16 persons have died, but there are 152 active cases of which 142 are in institutional isolation and ten in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Considering the local situation, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, said the ministry will continue to plead with all Guyanese to intensify efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 by practising social distancing, staying at home, wearing face masks and regularly and thoroughly washing hands.

Source: CARICOM TODAY