Last Updated on April 5, 2020, 9:52 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Guyana now has 24 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease. Meanwhile, the number of persons who have undergone tests for the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 have increased from 83 to 95.
The Ministry of Public Health released the COVID-19 figures yesterday.
As of yesterday, Guyana had 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus, and one test had an inconclusive result.
There are now 14 persons in Guyana who have been placed in institutional isolation and 34 other persons have been placed in institutional quarantine while around 157 persons are on home quarantine.
On Friday, Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) confirmed that four new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Guyana.
With the latest confirmation coming into the light, there are now 20 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana.
Four persons have died in Guyana after testing positive for COVID-19.
The details of these four persons are-
The first case of death in Guyana due to coronavirus COVID-19 was that of a 52-year-old Ratna Baboolall.
The second case was that of 38-year-old Jermaine Ifill.
The third case was of 78-year-old Osa Collins.
The fourth case was that of 59-year-old Shadrach Stoll.
Baboolall was patient zero for the country, and she had travelled from the United States to Guyana and had died on March 11 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Meanwhile, a virtual press conference was hosted by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday.
Volda Lawrence, the Public Health Minister, tried to explain the reason for a delay in the release of results after COVID-19 testing.
Dr Vindhya Vasini Persaud, PPP/C candidate, said on Friday that the doctors were not being given test results as soon as they become available through the National Public Health Reference Laboratory.
In the attempt to slow down the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19, a one-month partial nationwide lockdown has been imposed in Guyana by the Government.
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