Unvaccinated Reg. 4 woman succumbs to COVID

…death toll now at 1233; 44 new cases recorded in 24h

The Health Ministry has reported that an unvaccinated 66-year-old woman is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 victim. The Region Four resident died while receiving medical care on Friday.
With this latest death, the country’s death toll has been increased to 1,233. The Ministry has expressed condolences to the relatives of this latest victim.
New statistics released by the Ministry have shown that 44 new cases were detected in the past 24h, thus taking the confirmed cases to 64,565, of which 29,681 are males and 34,884 are females.
The new cases are dispersed among four administrative regions as follows: eight in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); six in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara); 28 in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and two in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
Statistics also revealed that two persons remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 21 are in institutional isolation, 576 are in home isolation, and two are in institutional quarantine.
To date, 62,733 persons have recovered from the deadly virus since it was first detected in March 2020.
On Friday, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony explained that the BA.2 and BA.2.12 .1 subvariants of the Omicron are circulating in Guyana. Despite a high transmission rate, the infection is milder.
“It can cause hospitalisation, especially for persons who are older and unvaccinated. We are seeing cases of a few persons getting sick and requiring hospitalisation, but it is not causing much hospitalisation as previous variants. We’ll have to be on the lookout for this,” the Minister was quoted as saying.
Consequently, amid the new urge, he underscored that following the guidelines and measures would prevent a rise in infections.
Latest adult vaccination numbers show 441,911 first doses and 341,493 second doses being administered, translating to respectively 86.1 per cent and 66.6 per cent of that demographic being vaccinated.
For children, 34,689 first doses and 25,414 second doses have been administered. Only 64,989 booster shots have been administered.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, or need any additional information, they are asked to contact the COVID-19 Hotlines: 231-1166, 226-7480, or 624-6674 immediately, or visit www.health.gov.gy.
Global figures show that almost 525.4 million people have tested positive for the virus, and 6.2 million have died. In the Americas, more than 156.5 confirmed cases have been reported, with over 2.7 million deaths.