…101 new cases recorded
Another woman who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died, the Health Ministry reported on Sunday.
This latest fatality is a 58-year-old woman from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) who died on Saturday. She was fully vaccinated.
According to the Ministry, the patient was admitted with COVID-19 like symptoms but died while receiving care at a medical institution. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned a positive test.
Nevertheless, the COVID-19 death toll in Guyana has gone up to 942. So far in November, some 16 persons have died from the pandemic. 
Meanwhile, 101 more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 36,180.
But only 2646 of these are currently active cases including 11 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining 2635 persons in isolation, that is, 73 in institutional isolation and the other 2562 in home isolation.
There are also another six persons in institutional quarantine.
To date, some 32,592 persons have recovered from the life-threatening disease.
Moreover, 363,732 persons have been tested for the novel coronavirus thus far and of this, 17,098 males and 19,082 females were found to be positive.
Of the 101 new cases detected on Sunday, eight were from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), 19 from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), a whopping 55 cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), five from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), 11 cases from the East Berbice-Corentyne region, two more from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and the remaining one case from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
There were no new cases recorded in Regions One (Barima-Waini), Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on Sunday.
The Guyana Government launched its COVID-19 vaccination exercise back in February and continues to roll it out across the various regions in order to achieve herd immunity and reduce the number of COVID-19 infections.
So far, over 380,000 persons of the adult population have received their first dose of the vaccine and more than 242,000 persons who are 18 years and older are fully immunised.
As it relates to adolescents, over 27,000 children between the ages of 12 to 17 have been administered first doses, of which more than 18,000 are fully vaccinated.
Persons are encouraged to get immunised since the COVID-19 vaccine provides a layer of protection against severe symptoms of COVID-19.
Nevertheless, as more people continue to get vaccinated, authorities are urging the public to continue observing all COVID-19 preventative measures, particularly masking in public, social distancing and frequent hand washing and sanitising.
The measures also include vaccination requirements to access any public building such as restaurants, places of worship, schools as well as Government buildings.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as of Sunday, some 248,467,363 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 5,027,183 deaths.
The WHO also reported on Sunday that in the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 94,077,975 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,301,996. (G8)
