Region 2 pensioner is latest COVID-19 fatality

…66 new cases recorded

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has gone up to 987 after another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus died.
According to the Health Ministry, this latest fatality is a 69-year-old male from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), who died on November 27, 2021. He was fully vaccinated.
With this, the total number of persons who have died from the pandemic so far in November is now 60.
Meanwhile, another 66 persons have contracted the deadly virus, taking the total number of active cases in Guyana to 1521. This includes 17 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining 1504 persons in isolation, that is, 71 in home isolation and the other 1433 institutional isolation.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 37,773, of which 17,798 are males and 19,975 are females.
Additionally, there are currently three more persons in institutional quarantine, according to Sunday’s COVID-19 dashboard.
To date, some 35,265 persons have recovered from the life-threatening virus – 24 more recoveries than the figure reported the previous day.
Moreover, a total of 389,445 persons have been tested for the novel coronavirus thus far in Guyana.
Of the 66 new cases detected on Sunday, two were from Region One (Barima-Waini), eight cases from the Pomeroon-Supenaam region, seven from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 19 cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), another case from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and a whopping 29 cases from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
No new cases were recorded in Regions Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Sunday.
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, almost 400,000 persons of the adult population have received their first dose of the vaccine and more than 275,000 persons who are 18 years and older are fully immunised.
As it relates to adolescents, just over 20,000 children between the ages of 12 t0 17 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 Organisation (WHO), some 259,502,031 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 5,227,807 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 96,651,425 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,388,827.
Recent figures show a total of 7,702,859,718 vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. (G8)