Total infections of COVID-19 in Guyana have reached 70,803, after 15 new cases were reported on Saturday.
Health Minister Frank Anthony
There are still 1278 confirmed deaths, with two persons under treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). From the latest dashboard, 13 persons are in institutional isolation, 371 in home isolation and four in institutional quarantine.
Additionally, a total of 69,152 persons have recovered. However, almost 400 active infections are still being monitored across health facilities. Meanwhile, 684,887 tests have been processed to date.
An analysis shows new cases dispersed among five administrative regions, with one in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), three in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), five in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), four in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and two in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
The latest vaccination numbers show that so far, 445,650 or 86.9 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while 345,342 or 67.3 per cent are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, 35,523 or 48.7 per cent have received a first dose. Second doses stand at 26,028 or 35.7 per cent. Vaccines are also available for children within five to 11 years, whereby 7581 persons or 7.4 per cent have taken a first dose. Additionally, 2730 or 2.7 per cent have received a second jab.
Meanwhile, in excess of 72,000 persons have returned for their first booster dose.
In the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 173 million while the death toll in the Region has gone up to 2.9 million.
Globally, there were 590 million confirmed positives with 6.4 million deaths.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19 or needs any additional information, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotline 231-1166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit www.health.gov.gy.
