The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported the deaths of two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic to 405.
The latest fatalities were identified by the ministry as a 76-year-old woman and a 41 year-old-man from Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam).They died while receiving care at a state medical facility.
In addition to the deaths, the ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard showed 158 new cases from 1,278 tests. It also showed a total of 1,862 active cases, comprising 1,738 persons in home isolation, 106 persons in institutional isolation and 18 persons in the COVID Intensive Care Unit.
