Georgetown: Thirty-four year old Abdool Khan of Bartica became Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death on Thursday.
The 14th COVID-19 death occurred at the Georgetown Public Hospital when Khan was hospitalize since June 22.
Just two days ago Guyana recorded its 13th COVID-19 death at the GPHC. That individual was identified as 42-year-old Bent Street, Albouystown resident.
The number of coronavirus cases in Guyana has been climbing steadily especially in the Region One and Region Seven areas.
Region One has more than 70 active cases making it the new hotspot for the disease. A number of communities in that region are expected to go on a complete lockdown from this weekend.
The Public Health Ministry continues to plea with residents and miners in the two communities to follow the health and safety guidelines.
Health officials in the Region have been complaining that residents have not been taking the disease seriously. They are hoping now with the increase in numbers, they will realise that the coronavirus is real and so too is its threat to the communities and their livelihoods.
The number of persons testing positive for the novel coronavirus continues to climbs as two more cases are confirmed. This takes the total to 250.
To date, 2,668 tests have been conducted with 2,418 of those being negative. Globally, as of July 2, 2020, the WHO is reporting that confirmed cases stand at 10,533,779 with 512,842 deaths. While in the Regions of the Americas, positive cases now stand at 5,317,792 with a total of 252,340 deaths.
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