No new COVID-19 tests conducted in 24 hours

No new test for COVID-19 has been conducted within 24 hours in Guyana and the positive cases have remained at 183.
On Saturday, statistics from the Public Health Ministry’s dashboard showed that the number of samples tested is 2048 with 1865 returning negative – the same that was published on Friday.
Presently, 102 persons have recovered, while there are 69 cases in institutional isolation and 24 cases in Institutional quarantine. There are no patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Deaths from the virus also remained at 12.
This past week, there were a total of 24 new cases and a further breakdown shows that 11 teachers from the Santa Rosa Primary School, Moruca sub-district, Region One (Barima-Waini), are now infected with the coronavirus.
All positive cases were placed in institutional isolation and the remaining 26 teachers from the school were asked to self-quarantine.
The Ministry would have announced on Friday that a decision was taken to reverse the lifting of the non-curfew measures in Regions Five (Demerara-Mahaica) and Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). This means the 6 pm to 6 am curfew measures would remain in all administrative regions until directed otherwise.
These were the only two coronavirus-free regions in the country, but given the surge in cases, officials opted to reinforce the measures.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud would have also reminded that in Guyana, the male population is most affected by the disease, along with Regions One (Barima-Waini), Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
In their analysis, the mining community is now one of the “most vulnerable groups” for the spread of the disease.
“I wish to remind you that we are at a much higher risk because COVID-19 is rampant in our bordering countries and we have not seen a reduction but a constant increase in the number of positive cases. Residents in Region Seven, I wish to make a special appeal to you as the situation in your community is of grave concern to the Ministry,” he highlighted.
He said the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, notably Aranka, has the second-highest number of confirmed cases. The mining activities, the continuous movement of people and services in and out of the area also make it extremely likely for the disease to spread.
Globally, the total number of cases is 8,385,440 with 450,686 deaths. In the region of the Americas, there are 4,092,526 confirmed cases with 212,517 deaths.