Two more seniors succumb to COVID, death toll now at 298

A Stabroek News graph showing the number of new infections that were recorded each month from when Guyana reported its index case in March 2020 until last Friday

Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Friday, pushing the country’s death toll closer to 300, even as 121 new cases were recorded.

The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed the deaths, which increased the number of deaths recorded in April to 65, and the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 298.