Though two elderly men of Potarinau, South Rupununi are believed to have died of the COVID-19 virus last week, this cannot now be confirmed as a sample taken from one can no longer be tested and the other was not tested at all.
The two men have been identified as 68-year-old George Ignace and 81-year-old Fredrick Matthews. Matthews was the first of the two fatalities. He passed away on Wednesday night. A relative of his had tested positive for COVID-19 a week prior and was taken to the Lethem Regional Hospital. Ignace passed away on Thursday morning and was said to have been in contact a person who had tested positive for COVID-19.
