No new COVID-19 results released after weekend spike in cases

After a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Guyana was reported over the weekend, no new results were released on Monday.

As a result, the total number of cases recorded in the country since March remains at 474 and the number of persons tested so far remains at 4,893. There are still 268 persons in institutional isolation.

The number of deaths as a result of the virus remains at 21, even as no new recoveries were recorded. Three persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. There are 38 persons under institutional quarantine.  A large majority of the cases that were recorded over the weekend were from Region Nine, while the others were from Region Seven.