Over 250 active COVID cases being monitored

– 23 new infections reported on Saturday, 3 in ICU

Total infections of COVID-19 in Guyana have reached 70,966, after another 23 new cases were reported on Saturday.
There are still 1278 confirmed deaths, with three persons in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The latest statistics showed that four persons are in institutional isolation, 272 in home isolation, and three in institutional quarantine.
Additionally, a total of 69,409 persons have recovered. However, over 250 active infections are still being monitored across the country. Meanwhile, 686,833 tests have been processed to date.
Latest vaccination figures show that so far, 445,755 or 86.9 per cent of adults have taken the first dose, while some 345,481 or 67.3 per cent of persons are fully vaccinated.
For 12 to 17-year-olds, 35,552 first doses or 48.7 per cent and 26,049 or 35.7 per cent second doses have been administered.
Vaccination for children in the five to 11 category shows 7681 first doses or 7.5 per cent. Only 2818 or 2.8 per cent have returned for their second shot.
In addition, 72,410 persons have returned for their booster shots thus far. A breakdown of the booster shot administration amongst the different age cohorts reveals that 487 booster shots have been administered to persons who are ages 12-17; 11,674 to ages 18-29; 11,428 to ages 30-39; 27,082 to ages 40-59; and 21,739 to persons who above 60 years of age, according to the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.
In the Region of the Americas, that is Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 173 million while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2.8 million.
Globally, there are 590 million confirmed positives with 6.4 million deaths.
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.