Seventy-eight COVID-19 tests done, three new cases recorded

Dr. Shamdeo Persaud

Seventy-eight tests for the novel coronavirus disease were conducted during the last testing cycle, while three new cases were recorded.

The three new cases of COVID-19 which were recorded increased the total number of cases recorded in Guyana to 209. Seventy-eight tests were conducted during the last testing cycle which is the highest number of persons to be tested in one cycle to date. The total number of persons tested so far in Guyana now stands at 2,246.

There are currently 90 persons in institutional isolation which account for the number of current active cases.  Sixteen persons are in institutional quarantine while 107 persons have so far recovered from the virus. There is only one patient currently in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).