THE Ministry of Health on Friday announced that one more person who tested positive for COVID-19 has succumbed to the deadly virus.
This death takes the COVID-19 death toll for the month of July to 31, and the overall COVID-19 death toll to 507. The latest fatality is a 73-year-old woman from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), who died while receiving medical care at a Ministry of Health facility.
Mortality aside, the Health Ministry also recorded 77 new cases of COVID-19, with 1,506 tests carried out for July 15, 2021.
Of these, Region One (Barima-Waini) recorded three; Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), seven; Region Four, 38; Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), two; Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), 18; Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), two; and Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice), seven.

The newly-infected persons were 39 males and 38 females. To date, eight persons occupy the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while 103 are institutionally isolated, 1,068 are isolated at home, and five in institutional quarantine.
Of Guyana’s 21,351 confirmed cases since the detection of COVID-19 here, 1,184 are currently being monitored, while 120 of Guyana’s 19,260 recoveries were recorded within the past 24 hours.
All Guyanese are urged to observe the protocols of the COVID-19 emergency measures, which emphasise the need for correct and consistent use of a face mask when leaving home, the importance of maintaining the six feet physical distance from others, and the need for good hand hygiene to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
If anyone you know is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, or needs any additional information, kindly contact the COVID-19 Hotline 231-1166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit the Ministry of Health at www.health.gov.gy.