Region 3 man is Guyana’s latest COVID fatality

…15 new infections reported

The Health Ministry on Monday reported that another person who tested positive of COVID-19 has succumbed thus taking the death toll to 1248.
The latest death is that of a fully vaccinated 75-year-old man from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara).
Prior to this, the last deaths were reported on Sunday – an unvaccinated 30-year-old female from Region Three and a 46-year-old fully vaccinated female from Region Six.
However, new statistics released by the Ministry showed that 15 new cases surfaced within the course of one day from 233 swabs. An analysis of the new infections reflected five for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); two in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and eight for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). The other regions reported zero increases.
The country’s confirmed cases stand at 66,506 – representing a breakdown of 30,523 males and 35,983 females.
Two patients are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, 26 in institutional isolation, 868 in home isolation and four in institutional quarantine. From the positives detected, 64,326 persons have completely recovered. Meanwhile, 652,145 tests were processed to date.
Locally, over 433 adults have taken their first COVID-19 vaccine while almost 343 have returned for their second dose. This is approximately 86.4 per cent and 66.8 per cent, respectively.
For adolescents, over 25,500 or 35 per cent are fully vaccinated. Vaccination is also available for children within the ages of five and 11 years. Booster dosses have surpassed 67,500.
Some vaccines require two doses for optimum protection against COVID-19. After the final COVID-19 vaccine dose, the Health Ministry outlined that it takes two weeks for the body to build up protection. After those two weeks, a person is considered fully vaccinated.
Then, six months post vaccination, a person is entitled for their first booster dose. This is essential in upkeeping immunity from the coronavirus, since it tends to wane after some time.
Persons have been urged to continue taking precautionary measures such as masking in public and vaccination, especially for those who are qualified to get their booster shots as an added layer of protection against the virus.
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 535 million people have tested positive for the virus and 6.3 million have died. In the Americas, more than 160 million confirmed cases have been reported with over 2.7 million deaths.