Today marked two years since Guyana recorded its first COVID-19 case and death.
The first case was that of a New York-based Guyanese woman who had traveled to Guyana from Queens, New York.
She died at the Georgetown Hospital a few hours after being taken there with symptoms.
Two years later, the country has recorded 1,224 deaths and over 63,000 cases. The deadliest month for the pandemic in Guyana was September 2021 when 173 persons lost their lives to the virus.
The month with the highest number of new cases was this past January when a whopping 20,536 new cases were recorded.
But the number of new cases and deaths has been declining ever since then. In the past 24 hours, a total of 20 new cases were recorded, pushing the total number of new cases recorded in the past 10 days to just over 200.
Health officials believe the country’s vaccination drive has aided in the slowing down of the spread of the virus. A total of 332, 605 adults have been fully vaccinated, representing 65% of the adult population. The total number of persons given the first dose of one of the vaccines stands at more than 435,000.
Today, officials of the Ministry of Health observed a minute of silence for those who lost their lives to COVID-19.
The Minister of Health in his daily update reminded that now is not the time for persons to become complacent. He said while the numbers are declining significantly, persons still need to safeguard themselves against the virus.
Guyana is the only country within CARICOM to have built a dedicated hospital to deal with severe COVID-19 cases. The frontline workers who continue to lend their support to the fight against COVID-19 continue to be praised for their work.
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