Health Minister, Dr Anthony reported today that there are 124 persons hospitalised with the COVID-19 virus. There are 88 patients alone at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD), with 33 in the facility’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Sixteen pregnant women have tested positive for the virus, with six housed at the Liliendaal Hospital and 10 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Below is a breakdown of hospitalisations in several of the country’s health institutions:
Kumaka Hospital, Region One – 1
Suddie Hospital, Region Two – 4
West Demerara Regional Hospital – 7
Mahaicony Hospital, Region Five – 3
New Amsterdam Hospital, Region Six – 2
Skeldon Hospital, Region Six – 1
Bartica Hospital, Region Seven – 4
Mahdia Hospital, Region Eight – 1
Wismar Hospital, Region 10 – 6
Some 848 persons have died since Guyana confirmed its first imported case back in March 2020. Over the last 24 hours, the Minister said, six more patients have succumbed to the virus. Of the 848 fatalities, 464 were males (54.7%) and 384 (45.3%) females.
See below the regional distribution of COVID-19 fatalities:
Region One – 43
Region Two – 34
Region Three – 124
Region Four – 414
Region Five – 43
Region Six – 65
Region Seven – 39
Region Eight – 5
Region Nine – 23
Region 10 – 58
