88 new COVID-19 cases from 656 tests
The Ministry of Health on Saturday recorded 88 new COVID-19 cases from 656 tests, taking Guyana’s overall confirmed cases to 5, 093.
A total of 34 new recoveries were also recorded, pushing the overall recoveries to 4, 018. To date, 143 persons have died. There are 79 patients in institutional isolation, 848 in home isolation and five patients are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The new cases were recorded in Region Six with 35 new cases, Region Seven recorded 15 new cases while Region Four recorded 14 cases, Regions One, Three and Eight recorded five new cases, Region Two recorded three new cases and Region Ten recorded six new cases.
The number of tests done to date is 27, 236.