Active COVID-19 cases at 67, 1 new infection

Only one new novel coronavirus case was detected from 128 tests conducted within a 24-hour period, according to the Health Ministry on Sunday.
This now takes active COVID-19 cases in Guyana up to 67 including 63 persons in home isolation and the remaining four persons in institutional isolation.
Additionally, there are two other persons currently in institutional quarantine, while there are no patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Meanwhile, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 1281 with the latest fatality recorded on September 15 after an 88-year-old male from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) died as a result of the virus. This is one of three COVID-19 fatalities recorded thus far this month.
In addition, some 70,001 persons have recovered from the life-threatening virus to date – one more recovery than the figure recorded the previous day.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Guyana over two years ago, a total 696,260 tests have been conducted countrywide and of this, some 32,700 males and 38,649 females were found to be positive.
The one new case recorded on Sunday was from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).
There were no new cases recorded in the other nine regions across the country within the reporting 24-hour period.
Back in March, the Guyana Government had 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 figures show that so far, more than 446,000 adults or 81.1 per cent have taken a first dose while over 346,000 or 67.6 per cent of persons 18 years and older are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, about 35,000 or 49 per cent of them have received first doses and of that amount, some 26,000 or 36 per cent received a second dose.
Vaccines are also being administered to children in the five to 11 category and so far, over 8000 or 8.2 per cent have gotten a first dose, while only about 4000 or 4.2 per cent of this cohort have returned for the second dose.
Moreover, in excess of 74,000 booster shots were taken to date by the various age groups.
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, some 614,385,693 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6,522,600 deaths.
In the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 178,234,180 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,837,162.
As it relates to vaccination against COVID-19, the WHO also reported that a total of 12,677,499,928 doses have been administered worldwide. (G8)