Active COVID-19 cases at 63 after one new infection

The Health Ministry reported on Sunday that five more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus from 146 tests conducted within a 24-hour period.
Consequently, some 71,380 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Guyana to date. However, only 63 of these are currently active cases, that is, 62 persons in home isolation and the remaining one person in institutional isolation. One other person is currently in institutional isolation.
Additionally, there are no patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), according to the Ministry’s updated dashboard.
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 1281, with no fatalities recorded thus far in October.
Moreover, some 70,036 persons in the country have recovered from the life-threatening virus to date.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Guyana over two years ago, a total 697,522 tests have been conducted countrywide and of this, some 32,716 males and 38,664 females were found to be positive.
The one new case detected on Sunday was from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). There were no new cases recorded in the other regions across the country within the reporting 24-hour period.
Back in March, the Guyana Government removed most restrictions as the country recovers from the pandemic and returns to normalcy.
Nevertheless, health authorities continue to urge persons to get vaccinated and for those qualified to get their booster shots as an added layer of protection against the virus.
The latest vaccination numbers show that so far, more than 447,100 or 87.2 per cent of adults have taken the first dose, while over 347,000 or 67.7 per cent received a second dose.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, just over 35,800 or 49.1 per cent have received the first dose. Second doses for this age cohort stand in excess of 26,300 or 36.1 per cent.
Vaccines are also being administered to children within five to 11 years, and so far, over 8700 of them or 8.6 per cent have taken a first dose, while more than 4700 or 4.6 per cent returned for their second jab.
Meanwhile, in excess of 74,600 persons have returned for their first, and in some cases second, booster dose.
According to the recent figures of the World Health Organisation (WHO) , some 617,597,680 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6,532,705 deaths.
In the Region of the Americas, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 176,656,998 while the death toll in the Region has gone up to 2,841,376.
As it relates to vaccination against COVID-19, the WHO also reported that a total of 12,723,216,322 doses have been administered worldwide.