Daily Archives

January 1, 2021

16 new COVID-19 cases from 172 tests

The Ministry of Health on Friday recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases from 172 tests, taking the overall number of cases to 6, 348. Region Four recorded nine new cases, Region Seven five new cases and Regions Three and Five each recorded one…

Guyana ends 2020 with 164 COVID-19 deaths

Having confirmed its first case of COVID-19 and death on March 11, 2020, Guyana ended the year with a total of 6,332 cases. Of that amount, 2.6% of those persons died, amounting to 164 while 5,820 (92%) recovered by the end of December…

Couple hospitalized after stabbed by bandits

A man and his wife are hospitalized after they were stabbed by armed bandits at their Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara home on Thursday evening. Reports are that at about 19:45h, 49-year-old Keith Williams got up to open a door to let his…