A total of 42 new positive COVID-19 cases were recorded since July 12th, the Ministry of Public Health reported yesterday. Up to yesterday, when one new case was confirmed from the latest test results, Guyana’s total number of positive COVID-19 cases stood at 337.
During the Ministry of Public Health’s COVID-19 daily update, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle announced that 84 new tests were done and out of that only one new case was recorded. This increased the total number of persons tested to 3,769.
There are now 155 active cases within institutional isolation, while 163 persons have so far recovered from the virus. There are 15 persons in institutional quarantine even as the number of persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has reduced to two. Dr. Gordon-Boyle noted that the number of recoveries is encouraging, however, management of the confirmed cases remains a challenging hurdle as the cases continue to climb.
