Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 484. The latest fatalities are two males: a 59-year-old from Region 3 (Essequibo Islands – West Demerara) and a 65-year-old from Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica). They both died while receiving care.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases in Guyana has increased to 20,645 with the addition of 77 cases.
There are 15 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 89 in institutional isolation, 1,410 in home isolation and three in institutional quarantine. Recoveries have increased to 18,647 with 195,695 tests conducted to date.
The regional breakdown of confirmed cases since March 2020 is as follows:
Region One – 1,243
Region Two – 571
Region Three – 2,349
Region Four – 9,424
Region Five – 678
Region Six – 1,620
Region Seven – 1,267
Region Eight – 380
Region Nine – 1,659
Region Ten – 1,454
