The Ministry of Health (MOH) this afternoon announced the deaths of 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The latest deaths take the total number of deaths from the pandemic in Guyana to 1,122.
The deceased — four men and seven women — succumbed between January 19 and today. One of them was partially-vaccinated, four were unvaccinated, while the vaccination status of the remainder was listed as unknown.
Since the start of the year Guyana has been grappling with a surge in cases, which is suspected to be due to the Omicron variant, although its presence here has not been officially confirmed by health authorities.
During his COVID-19 update today, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said most of the people now being hospitalised due to the virus are unvaccinated and have comorbidities, increasing their risk of death.
