MoH monitoring over 550 active COVID-19 cases

– 21 new infections recorded within 24h

Active COVID-19 cases have taken a jump with the heightened reports of new cases in the past week. Thus far, over 550 active cases are present in Guyana.
On Monday, there were 21 new positives, with confirmed cases at 64,297.
New statistics provided by the Health Ministry has shown that 29,582 males and 34,715 females are now infected with the virus. However, the death toll remains at 1231. The latest fatalities are two women who died on Friday last.
There are three persons in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 21 in institutional isolation, 527 in home isolation and four in institutional quarantine. To date, 62,515 persons have recovered.
Meanwhile, 620,491 coronavirus tests have been processed since the virus was detected here back in March 2020.
An analysis shows new cases dispersed across four administrative regions, with two in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); four in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica); two in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and 13 in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). The other regions did not report any increases in positives.
In Guyana, most recent vaccination figures indicate that over 441,000 first doses and 340,500 second doses were distributed to adults. This is approximately 86 per cent and 66.4 per cent, respectively. For children aged 12 to 17, more than 25,000 or 34.7 per cent are completely vaccinated. Booster coverage has surpassed 63,000. These numbers have been stagnant within the past weeks, as authorities urge Guyanese to get boosted.
The World Health Organisation has published its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic – which led to an estimated 4.5 million excess deaths in that year.  These disruptions are likely to set back global progress on both life expectancy and healthy life expectancy made in the first 20 years of the century.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19 or needs any additional information, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotline 231-1166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit www.health.gov.gy.
Global figures show that almost 521.6 million people have tested positive for the virus and 6.2 million have died. In the Americas, more than 155.4 million confirmed cases have been reported with over 2.7 million deaths.