A health worker at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) covered in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect against the novel coronavirus (Photo: Vishani Ragobeer)

Another 136 people infected with COVID-19; 77 in Reg. 4

By Editor On May 20, 2021 Last updated May 21, 2021

Another 136 people were infected with COVID-19 over a 24-hour period, taking the total number of cases recorded since March 11, 2020, to 15,743.

These new infections were recorded from 1,544 tests.

The new cases were recorded in: Region Three (13 cases), Region Four (77 cases), Region Five (four cases), Region Six (15 cases), Region Seven (two cases), Region Nine (13 cases) and Region 10 (12 cases).

Additionally, there are now 1,947 active cases; 19 of those cases are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 99 are in institutional isolation, 1,823 are in home isolation and six are in institutional quarantine. However, 94 people have recovered, adding to the total of 13,453 recoveries since last year.

The total number of deaths is 349.

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