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August 9, 2022

63 new COVID cases, two patients in ICU

A total of 63 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday. The new cases take the total number of infections recorded in Guyana since March 2020 to 70,222. The new cases were…

Pedestrian dies after hit, run over by truck

Francisco Simosa, a 35-year-old man who lived at Sarah Johanna on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), died after he was hit and run over by a motor lorry on Monday. Police Headquarters reported that Simosa was standing on the parapet of the…

Woman, 22, murdered by two sisters

Vanessa Anderson, a 22-year-old resident of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, was murdered Monday night by two sisters – her neigbhours. Police headquarters reported that the two sisters, ages 20 and 29, lived next door to Anderson. It…