Home News Another Region 4 resident dies from COVID-19
– death toll now 154, 32 new cases recorded
One hundred fifty-four Guyanese have died as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with the latest fatality being a 34-year-old woman who succumbed on Sunday.
The woman hailed from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). She died at a medical facility while receiving treatment.
On Sunday, it was announced that two men; an 81-year-old from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and a 55-year-old from Region One (Barima-Waini) also died after contracting the virus. Both men died while receiving treatment at prescribed medical facilities.
The Ministry has been in contact with the families of the victims in an effort to conduct contact tracing.
However, the latest statistics released on Monday showed that 32 other Guyanese tested positive for the virus within a 24-hour period, thus bringing the total number of positives to 5697.
Of these, 2491 are males while 2756 are females.
The statistics also revealed that four persons are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 40 in institutional isolation, 720 in home isolation and 44 in institutional quarantine. A total of 4779 persons would have recovered completely as 764 remain active.
A breakdown showed that three new cases were detected in Region One (Barima-Waini); 11 in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); three in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica); four in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne); seven in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni); one in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and three in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
The cases in Regions Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) remain at 413, 42 and 181 respectively.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony noted that the situation in Region Six is improving significantly. Over at Bartica, there was a small increase over the past week.
“With St Cuthbert’s Mission, we still don’t have zero transmission. There are still a few cases there. We’re about 20 cases in St Cuthbert’s. In Siparuta and Orealla, we have about five cases each so those are coming down nicely but we will have to remain vigilant in all three areas. In terms of Bartica, we have seen a slight increase and so, as of today, we now have 79 cases. We had 62 cases last week. This has gone up,” the Minister shared.
For the month of December, the national COVID-19 measures have been extended and the curfew has remained from 10:30 pm to 04:00 am. It states that no one is permitted to host or attend a private party, banquet hall, bar and club among others. Failure to comply with the mandatory mask requirement would make persons liable under Section 152 of the Public Health Ordinance.
This order emphasises, among other things, the need for correct and consistent use of a face mask when leaving home; the importance of maintaining the six feet physical distance from others; and the need for good hand hygiene to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, or need any additional information, kindly contact the COVID-19 Hotline on 231-1166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit www.health.gov.gy.