Two new COVID-19 cases recorded; total now at 152

May 30, 2020

linden (1) — A COVID-19 screening tent in Linden [Photo: Isanella Patoir/News Room]

Guyana on May 30 recorded two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of known cases to 152.

The Ministry of Public Health also confirmed Guyana’s 12^th COVID-19 death – 78-year-old John Damon, a former patient of the Palms Geriatric Home who died at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital at around 00:40hrs on Saturday.

A total of 67 persons have recorded which means that there are 73 active COVID-19 cases in institutional isolation, including 24 in institutional quarantine and two in the ICU.

To date, 1,604 persons have been tested of which 1,452 are negative.