13 new COVID-19 cases recorded, 1 in ICU

The Health Ministry has reported that 13 more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
According to Sunday’s updated COVID-19 dashboard, the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana has now gone up to 63,583.
Of this, however, only 138 are currently active cases, that is, one patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining persons in isolation, that is, one person in institutional isolation and the remaining 136 persons in home isolation.
There are also four other persons in institutional quarantine.
On the other hand, the COVID-19 death toll in Guyana remains at 1228, while some 62,217 persons have recovered from the life-threatening virus to date.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Guyana over two years ago, a total 604,408 tests have been conducted countrywide and of this, some 29,282 males and 34,301 females were found to be positive.
Of the 13 new cases recorded on Sunday, three were from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), nine cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and the remaining one case from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
There were no new cases in the other seven regions across the country within the reporting 24-hour period.
This declining trend in COVID-19 cases resulted in the Guyana Government, in March, removing most restrictions as the country moves to recover from the pandemic and return to normalcy.
But while mandates such as masking in public and social distancing are no longer in place, health authorities are still encouraging persons to get vaccinated, and for those who are qualified to get their booster shots, in order to add a layer of protection against the virus.
Latest figures show that so far, more than 440,628 or 85.9 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while some 339,960 or 66.3 per cent of persons 18 years and over are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, just over 34,500 or 47.5 per cent of them have received their first dose, and of that amount, some 25,301 or 34.7 per cent are fully immunised.
In addition, in excess of 62,900 persons have returned for their booster shots thus far.
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, some 513,955,910 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6,249,700 deaths.
In the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 153,611,428 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,728,205.
As it relates to vaccination against COVID-19, the WHO also reported that a total of 11,562,157,794 doses have been administered worldwide. (G8)