Death of Region 6 man takes COVID fatalities to 952

…134 new cases recorded

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has gone up to 952, after another person who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus died on Wednesday.
According to the Health Ministry, this latest fatality is a 52-year-old male from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) who was unvaccinated at the time of his death.
While the country’s death toll has increased, the COVID-19 fatalities recorded thus far in the month of November have consequently climbed to 26.
Meanwhile, 134 more persons have contracted the deadly virus, taking the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Guyana to 36,439.
However, only 2,390 of these are currently active cases. This include 16 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining 2,374 persons in isolation; that is: 57 in institutional isolation, and the other 2,317 in home insolation.
There are 14 more persons in institutional quarantine.
To date, some 33,097 persons have recovered from the life-threatening disease – 44 more recoveries than the figure previously reported.
Moreover, 367,060 persons have been tested for the novel coronavirus to date in Guyana, and of this amount, 17,198 males and 19,241 females were found to be positive.
Of the 134 new cases detected on Wednesday, six were from Region One (Barima-Waini); 41 were from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara); 43 were from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica); 13 were from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice); 38 were from Region 6 (East Berbice-Corentyne); three were from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni); five were from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), and the remaining 11 were from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
There were no new cases recorded in Regions Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on Wednesday.
The Guyana Government launched its COVID-19 vaccination exercise back in February, and continues to roll it out across the various regions in order to achieve herd immunity and reduce the number of COVID-19 infections.
So far, some 388,444 persons, or 75.7 per cent of the adult population, have received their first dose of the vaccine, while 49.8 per cent, or some 242,000 persons who are 18 years and older, are fully immunised.
As it relates to adolescents, some 28,045 persons, or 38.5 per cent of children between the ages of 12 and 17, have been administered first doses, of which 26.2 per cent, or 19,138 persons, are fully vaccinated.
Persons are encouraged to get immunised, since the COVID-19 vaccine provides a layer of protection against severe symptoms of COVID-19. As more people continue to get vaccinated, authorities are urging the public to continue observing all COVID-19 preventative measures, particularly masking in public, social distancing, and frequent hand washing and sanitising.
The measures also include vaccination requirements to access any public building such as restaurants, places of worship, schools, as well as Government buildings.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as at Wednesday, some 250,715,502 confirmed cases were reported globally, along with 5,062,106 deaths.
The WHO also reported on Wednesday that, in the Region of the Americas, that is to say Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 94,582,502, while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,311,232.
Recent figures show that a total of 7,084,922,999 vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. (G8)