Guyana’s COVID-19 cases continue to increase even as the construction of the country’s Infec-tious Diseases Hospital nears completion.
Five new cases of the Novel Coronavirus Disease were recorded yesterday which took Guyana’s total confirmed cases up to 235. Of the new cases, three are from Region One and the other two are from Regions Seven and Nine. One hundred and twenty-nine persons were tested as the National Public Health Reference Laboratory resumed operations following a pause over the weekend for maintenance. With that a total of 2,552 persons have been tested in Guyana so far.
There are currently 109 active cases who are all in institutional isolation while some 114 persons have so far recovered from the virus. Eighteen persons are in institutional quarantine and one person remains in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit.
