… 471 new infections

THREE unvaccinated people are among the five latest COVID-19 deaths while another 471 people have been infected with COVID-19, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health.

The three unvaccinated people who died are: An 86-year-old man from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) who died on January 28; a 68-year-old woman from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) who died on January 29; and, a 55-year-old man from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) who died on January 28.

The other deaths include a 74-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) who died on January 29 and his vaccination status is unknown, and a 73-year-old partially vaccinated man from Region Six who died on January 28.

With these five additional deaths, there have been 1,165 COVID-19 deaths recorded since the start of the pandemic in March, 2020. A total of 110 of those deaths were recorded during January so far.

Additionally, another 471 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus over a 24-hour period. With these additional cases, the number of confirmed infections in Guyana since March 11, 2020 has increased to 54,450.

The new cases were recorded in Region One (37 cases), Region Two (13 cases), Region Three (61 cases), Region Four (150 cases), Region Five (33 cases), Region Six (49 cases), Region Seven (11 cases), Region Eight (33 cases), Region Nine (78 cases) and Region 10 (six cases).

There are also 20 patients receiving critical care in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU); 204 people in institutional isolation, seven people in institutional quarantine and 10,967people in home isolation.
Importantly, a total of 47,094 people have recovered after they were infected with the disease.