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COVID-19 claims lives of 4 more persons
– 173 new cases recorded
Kaieteur News – Four more persons, who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died over a three-day period (January 22 to 24). This is according to the Ministry of Health which reported yesterday that the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities are that of a 32-year-old man from Region Four and three women – a 63-year-old from Region Three, a 52-year-old from Region Seven and a 57-year-old from Region 10.
As a result of this, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has moved to 1,138.
Meanwhile, in its daily COVID-19 dashboard, the Ministry recorded 173 new infections, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 57,400.
The dashboard data shows that 20 patients are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, 184 persons are in institutional isolation, 13,175 are in home isolation and 14 are in institutional quarantine. To date, a total of 42,883 persons have recovered.
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