105-year-old woman among 3 recovered from COVID-19

A 105-year-old female resident of the Palms Geriatric Home who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has fully recovered.
She is among three residents who have recuperated and will soon be reintegrated with the other residents at the facility, according to the Social Protection Ministry.
A total of 10 persons tested positive for COVID-19 at the Palms. The Home, which falls under the purview of the Social Protection Ministry, provides 24-hour nursing care for elderly residents.
In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry said the remaining seven coronavirus-infected residents who are recovering are being monitored in accordance with the strict control measures implemented by the Public Health Ministry.
On May 1, Bhaneshwar Ramdial was the first resident of the Palms Geriatric Home to die from the disease.
The elderly man was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was suspected of having the virus. It was reported that he presented with all of the symptoms and because of his age and other factors, those symptoms became severe. He died just a few hours after he was admitted a patient at the hospital.
A test conducted posthumously revealed that the elderly Ramdial had been infected with COVID-19. However, the Public Health Ministry did not make the death public until May 5 – four days after.
Meanwhile, a second resident at the Palms, 87-year-old Daymon John, became Guyana’s 12th COVID-19 death after he died on May 30 also at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Soon after, officials decided to conduct testing on suspected cases, and several of them, mostly females, turned out to be positive.
In fact, last month, it was reported that at least 200 residents at the Palms Geriatric Home were subsequently tested for the coronavirus disease. That figure is about 50 per cent of the occupants at the home.
The Social Protection Ministry said on Saturday that owing to rigorous screening of residents and staff at the Palms, there has been no new case since May 23.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Guyana remains 159.
This is according to the Public Health Ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard on Saturday, which also reflects no new COVID-19 deaths.
Additionally, there have been no new tests conducted since Friday. The number of persons tested is still 1927 of which 1768 returned negative results.
There is currently one patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital, while the number of persons who have recovered from the life-threatening disease remains at 95.
Moreover, there are 52 active cases in institutional isolation and another 22 persons in institutional quarantine.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some 3, 638, 500 million positive cases along with over 196, 400 deaths have been recorded in the Region of the Americas.
Globally, there are now over 7, 553, 100 positive COVID-19 cases and more than 423, 300 deaths.