Guyana yesterday recorded two additional COVID-19-related fatalities along with 72 new cases of the virus.
The Ministry of Health announced that two additional COVID-19 deaths were recorded which took the country’s total fatalities as a result of the virus up to 41. This number has risen sharply in recent weeks.
According to the health ministry, the two patients were identified as an 89-year-old man from Region Nine while the other was a 47-year-old from Region Seven. When the patients were admitted to the various medical facilities they were swabbed for the virus and the results which came back after their deaths showed that they had tested positive for the virus.
