Guyana records 39 new COVID-19 cases

— all new cases detected in Regions 3 & 4

The Health Ministry on Sunday reported that 39 more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
According to new statistics provided by the Ministry, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 9160 – 4717 males and 4443 females.
However, 665 of these are currently active cases. This includes six patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the other 659 persons in isolation, that is, 35 in institutional isolation and the other 624 in home isolation.
Additionally, there are also five persons in institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 207 with the latest fatality being a 71-year-old male from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) who died on Saturday while receiving care at a medical facility.
Last week, the country’s total number of deaths from the pandemic went up after six more persons including a 39-year-old female from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) died.
On the other hand, one more person has recovered from the life-threatening disease, taking the total number of recoveries thus far in Guyana to 8288.
To date, Guyana has tested some 75,906 persons for the novel coronavirus of which 935 were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Of the 39 new cases recorded on Sunday, three were detected in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and the remaining 36 cases in the Demerara-Mahaica region. There are now 774 confirmed cases in Region Three and 4251 in Region Four.
The figures in the other eight regions remained the same with 1025 cases having been recorded in Region One (Barima-Waini), 239 in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), 262 Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), 475 cases in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), 787 in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), 246 in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), 436 in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and 665 in the Upper Demerara-Berbice region.
Health authorities are reminding all Guyanese to observe the protocols of the COVID-19 Emergency Measures (No 15), which was extended for this month and will be in effect until March 31, 2021.
Among these measures is the 22:30h (10 pm) to 04:00h (4 am) national curfew which remains intact. Restaurants and places of worship continue to operate at 40 per cent capacity until 21:30h (09:30 pm). Gyms are to operate at 50 per cent capacity while sporting events are only permitted with approval from the Health Minister.
The order further emphasises 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.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as of Sunday, some 119,220,681 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 2,642,8216 deaths.
The WHO also reported on Sunday that in the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 52,775,904 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 1,268,438.