Fifteen in COVID ICU, three new cases

Fifteen persons are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit while only three new cases were recorded yesterday.

This was revealed  by the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard which showed that the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country now stands at 4026.

According to the breakdown of cases recorded by Region, one new case was recorded in Region One while 2 new cases were recorded in Region Four. Region One has now recorded a total of 664 COVID-19 cases while Region Four has recorded a total of 1,875 cases.

The cases were recorded after 72 more persons were tested during the last round of testing and as a result 18,489 persons in total have been tested in the country. The dashboard showed that 15 persons are currently in the country’s COVID-19 ICU at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

There are 883 active cases, 108 of which are in institutional isolation while 775 are in home isolation. Meanwhile 30 persons are in institutional quarantine. With 9 new recoveries recorded the country’s total recoveries now stand at 3,009.