Three more unvaccinated persons with COVID succumb

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the deaths of three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19.

With the latest fatalities, which were all recorded on Friday, the ministry said the total number of deaths from the pandemic in Guyana stood at 971.

The latest fatalities were identified as an unvaccinated man, 27, of Region Four and two unvaccinated women, a 66-year-old from Region Four and a 53-year-old from Region Three.

Meanwhile, the ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard showed 94 new cases being recorded from 1, 252 tests. All regions recorded new cases except for regions One and Two. The dashboard also showed 13 persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 1818 persons in home isolation, and 60 persons in institutional isolation.