Guyana on Monday confirmed the deaths of six more persons who had COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll from the virus to 647.
The deceased, who all succumbed on Sunday, were identified by the Health Ministry yesterday as three men, ages 79, 62 and 61, and three women, ages 83, 75 and 56. The six, who all died while in state care, were from regions Three, Four and Seven.
“The patients were admitted with COVID-19 like symptoms but died while receiving care at our medical institutions. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned positive tests,” the ministry explained in a statement.
Meanwhile, the ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard showed that there were 101 new infections, in addition to 128 infected persons in institutional isolation and 2,219 infected persons in home isolation.
During Monday’s COVID-19 update, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony noted that there were some 100 persons admitted at the Liliendaal Infectious Disease Hospital, including 38 persons in intensive care. “Most of the people who are in the hospital right now, almost 99% of them are unvaccinated. Most of them who are in the ICU are also unvaccinated,” he added, before issuing another appeal for persons to get vaccinated to protect themselves from severe illness and hospitalisation.