Region 5 marks first COVID-19 case

Aug 17, 2020 News

Country’s surpasses 700 cases, records 23rd death

Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) recorded its very first COVID-19 case after managing to stay clear of the virus since its genesis here in March. Along with that, Guyana yesterday surpassed 700 COVID-19 cases after recording 35 new cases, with a 23rd person dying from the disease.
The Region Five announcement was made by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), who further advised residents of the Region to exercise full compliance of the COVID-19 regulations. They also admonished the younger population on desisting from thinking that they are immune to the virus and they should be vigilant.
The RDC was unable to state in which part of Region Five the case came from. The Region had previously implemented a curfew strictly on weekends to curb the possible spread of the virus. Most of the regular COVID-19 restrictions had not applied to the region since they had no cases.
Yesterday’s newly recorded COVID-19 cases now bring the total number of cases to 709. One new death has also been recorded. The total amount of COVID related deaths now stands at 23.
Also, there have been 349 total recoveries. There are currently three persons in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), there are 59 active cases in institutional quarantine, 275 persons in home isolation, and 79 persons in institutional quarantine.
Out of the 35 new cases recorded Two are in Region One, five are in Region Three, six are in Region Four, one is in Region Five, 11 are in Region Seven, six are in Region Nine and four are in Region 10.

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