Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis who died on April 8, Sydney Trellis who died on April 19 and Lennox Williams who died on April 24.

10th COVID-19 death recorded; confirmed cases now at 93

By Editor On May 5, 2020

Guyana on May 5 recorded its 10^th COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Public Health reported via its daily dashboard posted on its Facebook page.

There was no video update of the COVID-19 situation in the country and the name, age or gender of the 10^th victim was not released to the media.

The number of persons tested positive has also increased by one from May 4 bringing the total number to 93.

The number of persons recovered thus far is 27; 56 persons are in isolation, six in quarantine and three persons are in the Intensive Care Unit.

This means that there are 56 active known COVID-19 cases in Guyana. So far, 680 persons have been tested of which 587 are negative.

Guyana ninth COVID-19 death was recorded on April 29. The victim was 67-year-old Morris who was in the ICU.

Guyana recorded its eighth COVID-19 death on April 24; the victim was identified as Lennox Williams, 45, who died at approximately 14:45hrs.

Williams was also in the ICU. As of April 29, Guyana recorded 78 known cases of the disease including 18 recoveries and the number of deaths; this means there are 51 active cases of the disease here.

Guyana’s seventh COVID-19 death was recorded on April 18; the victim was 49-year-old Sydney Trellis popularly known as ‘Jacket’ who resided at Wismar, Linden in Region 10.

The sixth COVID-19 death in Guyana was recorded on April 8 and the victim was veteran engineer, Colonel John Percy Leon Lewis, 77. He was tested positive for the disease after he died.

Five of the ten COVID-19 victims; Ratna Baboolall who died on March 11, Michael Ifill died on March 31, Shadrach Stoll died on April 3 along with Osa Collins and Deryck ‘Mad Dog’ Jaisingh who died on April 6

The fifth death was recorded on April 6 and that victim was drag racer Deryck ‘Mad Dog’ Jaisingh while the fourth victim was 59-year-old Shadrach Stoll, who had a history of health complications, including diabetes and hypertension.

Guyana’s third COVID-19 death was recorded on April 3 and the victim was identified as Osa Collins, a 78-year-old resident of New Amsterdam.

Thirty-eight-year old Jermaine Ifill was the second person who died from the disease on March 31 while 52-year-old Ratna Baboolall from Good Hope, East Coast Demerara was Guyana’s first case; she died on March 11, a few days after arriving from the United States.

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