Guyana continues to record increases in the number of positive COVID-19 cases, with the announcement that there are now 33 confirmed cases even as the Health Ministry launched a new app to aid in the response to the outbreak.
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, yesterday afternoon during a live COVID-19 briefing, reported that as of yesterday, the number of confirmed cases rose to 33 with the number of deaths remaining at five. The minister noted that now, some 132 persons have been tested for the virus with 33 tests showing positive (inclusive of five deaths) and 99 showing negative.
She added that the number of persons within the Ministry’s quarantine as of Monday evening totalled 35 with 2 in Region Two, 10 in Region Three, 22 in Region Four, 3 in Region Six and 1 in Region Eight. Lawrence also said that 24 persons are currently at the Public Health Ministry’s isolation facilities with the regional breakdown being: 1 person at a facility in Region One, 4 in Region Three, 17 in Region Four, One in Region Five and also 1 in Region Seven. However, there was a decrease in the amount of patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as it has dropped to just 4 persons from 8 with only one person being in critical condition.
