7 unvaccinated people die from COVID; 32 in ICU, 273 new cases
Guyana has recorded an additional seven COVID-19 related deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday; all seven persons were unvaccinated.
The new deaths are three women, 83, 44, and 48, and a 58-year-old man – all from Region Four – a 79-year-old-man and two women, 90 and 83, from Region Seven.
These deaths were recorded on September 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 18th. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 713.
The latest fatalities also mean that for the month of September 88 persons have died thus far.
Additionally, 273 new COVID-19 infections were recorded on Saturday from a total of 2, 078 tests taking the total number of confirmed cases to 29, 345.
The new cases were reported in the following regions; Region One (four cases), Region Two (11 cases), Region Three (28 cases), Region Four (141 cases), Region Five (32 cases), Region Six (17 cases), Region Seven (16 cases), Region Eight (six cases), Region Nine (nine cases) and Region 10 (nine cases).
To date, 24, 978 persons have recovered from the dreaded virus.
There are 32 patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, 170 are in institutional isolation, and 3, 452 are in home isolation.