27 new persons infected with COVID-19 – Health Ministry

…2 ICU patients being monitored

Confirmed infections of COVID-19 in Guyana have reached 71,062 after 27 new cases were reported on Thursday. This was from 305 test samples.
Guyana’s death toll has remained at 1278, with three persons under treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). From the latest dashboard, nine persons are in institutional isolation, 244 in home isolation, and four in institutional quarantine.
More than 250 active infections are being monitored across health facilities in the country. In hospitals, 11 persons are being monitored. Eight of these persons are at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. A total of 69,528 persons have recovered and 688,408 tests have been processed to date.
The new cases are dispersed among four administrative regions, with five in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 16 in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), four in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and one in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). There were no new reported cases in the other regions.
Vaccination figures show that so far, 446,000 or 86.9 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while some 345,757 or 67.4 per cent are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, 35,588 first doses (48.7 per cent) and 26,091 second doses (35.7 per cent) have been administered.
Vaccination for children in the five to 11 category shows 7844 first doses (7.7 per cent). Only 3105 (three per cent) have returned for their second shot. Approximately 72,526 persons have returned for their booster shots thus far.
In the Region of the Americas, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 175 million while the death toll has gone up to 2.8 million.
Globally, there are 596 million confirmed cases with 6.4 million deaths.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, or need any additional information, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotline on 231-1166, 226-7480, or 624-6674 immediately or visit www.health.gov.gy.(G12)