A seventy-nine-year-old Beterverwagting resident yesterday became Guyana’s 22nd confirmed COVID-19 death.
He was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) for five days before test results determined that he was positive for the virus.The deceased has since been identified as Norbert Grant of Lot 22 Quamina Road, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. Grant was said to have passed away yesterday at 12.30 pm.
According to Grant’s sister, Paulette Garnett, her late brother was taken to the Davis Memorial Hospital on July 9 after he complained of experiencing pains about his body. He was admitted to the hospital where an MRI was done. Doctors, Garnett said, stated that Grant needed to have a biopsy done which saw him being referred to the GPH on July 18.
