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Over 129 died from COVID in October; 3,000 persons contracted virus

Nov 15, 2021 News

Kaieteur News – With 36,817 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country thus far, some 3,602 of these were recorded in the month of October alone.
This is just about half of the number of cases recorded for the month of September. Some 6,285 cases were recorded in September. In October too, a total of 129 individuals lost their lives after falling victim of the deadly disease. According to Kaieteur News analysis, out of the 3,602 cases, some 1,970 persons were women while, 1,632 were men. Majority of these cases were recorded in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).
A breakdown of the cases per region shows that from October 1 to 31, a total of 1,555 cases were recorded in Region Four; 584 in Region Three; 362 in Region Six; 270 in Region Two; 245 in Region 10; 154 in Region Five; 134 in Region One; 126 in Region Seven; 91 in Region Eight and 81 in Region Nine.
During that period, the least number of cases seen in one day was recorded on October 31 which had 36, while on October 8, there were 250 cases which totalled to the highest in just one day for that month.
Regarding the deaths, out of the 129 recorded, 60 persons were women while 69 were men, with the majority being recorded in Region Four. Out of the 69 men who passed away last month, 34 were from Region Four, 17 were from Region Three, five were from Region Two, four were from Region Six, four also were from Region 10, three were from Region Five and two were from Region One.
Meanwhile, out of the 60 women who died, 32 of them were from Region Four, seven were from Region Three, seven were from Region Six, four were from Region Two, three from Region Five, three from Region Seven, and two each from Regions Nine and 10. Three of the recorded deaths were persons below the age of 20; this includes an 18-year-old girl from Region 10 who died on October 19, a four-month-old baby boy who died on October 13 and a seven-month-old baby boy who died on October 17, both of them were from Region One. While majority of the deaths were that of unvaccinated persons, others were fully and partially vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine.

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