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COVID-19 CASES MOVE TO 336
Guyana continues to see a steady rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed another nine positive cases, bringing the national count to 336.
The Ministry through its COVID-19 dashboard reported that the number of persons in institutional quarantine has increased to 14 while the number of persons in institutional isolation also saw an increase of nine, bringing the total to 154.
Additionally, Five persons remain in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).The number of recoveries also remains at 163. To date, there has been 19 fatalities.
Recently, the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) took a collective decision to lock down all 21 communities in the district with effect from Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
According to the council, it made the decisions along with its constituent villages, in light of test results confirming five positive cases in three of the villages.
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