33 new COVID-19 cases; 29 new recoveries

A total of 33 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday, taking Guyana’s overall number of confirmed cases to 8,847.

Region One recorded a single case while Regions Two, Five and Six recorded two cases each. Region Four recorded the majority of new cases with 19 while Region Three recorded seven new cases.

The other regions recorded no new case.

To date, 8,200 persons have recovered with Guyana’s total number of deaths standing at 204; the latest death is a 76-year-old man from Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), who died while on his way to a medical facility on Monday.

There are 400 patients in home isolation, 36 patients are in institutional isolation and seven patients are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at the Infectious Disease Hospital.