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May 27, 2022 News
Kaieteur News – On Thursday, the Health Ministry reported that from 1,483 COVID-19 tests conducted, 57 new infections were recorded within the last assessed 24-hour period.
The 57 cases – 24 men and 33 women – have now brought the total number of confirmed cases to 64,492. The new infections, according to the Ministry’s data, were detected in Region Four –39 cases, Region Two – four cases, Region Six – seven cases, Region Three – three cases, Region 10 – two cases and Regions Five and Nine – one each.
The dashboard data shows that three patients are in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 18 are in institutional isolation, 587 are in home isolation and one person is quarantined institutionally.
Within the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry, a total of 35 persons recovered.

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