88-year-old woman from Region 4 succumbs to COVID-19

…77 persons test positive in 24h

An 88-year-old woman from Region Four is the latest person to succumb to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana.
This new fatality has taken the death toll to 1255. According to the Health Ministry on Friday, she succumbed on June 28. It is unknown whether she was vaccinated against the deadly virus.
In Friday’s dashboard, 77 new infections were recorded. A breakdown reflects seven new cases in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), three in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 55 in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), nine in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), one in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and two in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
There are two patients in the Intensive Care Unit, 26 in institutional isolation, 826 in home isolation and three in institutional quarantine. Thus far, 65,363 positive patients have recovered while 660,629 tests have been processed.
The Health Ministry is currently tracking 855 active cases in Guyana – of which 461 are being monitored in Region Four. Clusters of infections have been reported in Eccles, Diamond, Kitty and Enmore. However, there are pockets in other regions.
Latest vaccination figures show that so far, 443,802 or 86.5 per cent of adults have taken a first dose, while 343,575 or 66.9 per cent of persons 18 years and over are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, 35,045 or 48.1 per cent have received a first dose. Second doses stand at 25,634 or 35.1 per cent.
Vaccination is also available for children within the ages of five and 11 years, with 3855 first doses delivered thus far. Meanwhile, in excess of 68,800 persons have returned for their first booster dose.
This week, United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch pledged her Government’s support to deliver as many Pfizer vaccines needed to inoculate the population. This includes paediatric, adolescent and booster shots.
Responding to this, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony expressed on Friday, “We’re very grateful to the Government and people of the United States for this very generous gesture of providing us with all our vaccine needs.”
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, about 545 million confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6.3 deaths.
In the Region of the Americas, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases are pegged at over 162 million with a death toll of 2.7 million.
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. (G12)