Active cases in Guyana now stand at 962

– 72 new infections detected in 24h

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Guyana to date has gone up to 38,333 after 72 more persons contracted the deadly virus.
This is according to the Health Ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard for Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
There are currently 962 active cases in the country. These comprise 18 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 944 persons in isolation – 51 in institutional isolation and the other 893 in home isolation.
There are also two persons in institutional quarantine.
To date, some 36,362 persons have recovered from the life-threatening virus – 43 more recoveries than the figure reported the previous day.
The Health Ministry did not report any new fatalities on Wednesday; hence, the COVID-19 death toll in Guyana remains at 1009.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country last year, some 400,878 persons have been tested, from which 18,069 males and 20,264 females have tested positive.
Of the 72 new cases recorded on Wednesday, two were from Region One (Barima-Waini), another two from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), eight from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 18 from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), three more from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), a whopping 31 cases from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), and the remaining eight cases from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
No new cases were recorded in Regions Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) in the last 24 hours.
In order to curb the rising number of cases in the country, the Guyana Government launched its COVID-19 vaccination exercise back in February and is aggressively rolling it out across the various regions, to achieve herd immunity. It also started administering booster shots last month.