Unvaccinated woman dies from COVID-19

…34 new cases recorded

Guyana’s coronavirus death toll has increased to 1240 following the death of an unvaccinated woman on Sunday.
The Health Ministry on Monday reported that the woman has been identified as a 77-year-old from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).
However, new statistics provided by the Ministry showed that 34 new infections were recorded, thus taking the confirmed cases to 65,926 – 30,294 males and 35,632 females.
Statistics also showed that two patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 27 in institutional isolation, 951 in home isolation and six in institutional quarantine. Recovered cases have reached 63,706 with some 645,436 samples tested for the virus.
Analysing new cases revealed an increase of eight for Region Two; two in Region Three, 13 in Region Four, one in Region Six and 11 in Region 10.
There are six active cases in Region One (Barima-Waini); 126 in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam); 118 in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara); 466 in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica); 53 in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice); 180 in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne); 13 in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni); 12 in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and 31 in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
There are no active cases in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) but it is suspected that this figure is due to limited testing in the region.
Commenting on the higher transmission rate, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony relayed on Monday, “Right now, we are monitoring. We know that if people are not abiding by the precautions that we have established, then people are going to get infected. The subvariant that is circulating is likely the B.A.2 subvariant of Omicron and this is highly infectious.”
He added, “If people are in close proximity to someone who is infected, they would get infected themselves. Even if you had a previous infection but with another variant, then with this particular strain of the virus, you can get reinfected. What we’re advising people is to make sure they take the precautions, especially if they are in an indoor environment.”
Mask wearing, social distancing and proper sanitisation practices are still to be maintained.
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 532 million people have tested positive for the virus and 6.3 million have died. In the Americas, more than 158 million confirmed cases have been reported with over 2.7 million deaths.