Five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said today.
This now takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 546.
The patients were admitted with COVID-19 like symptoms but died while receiving care at our medical institutions. Samples were taken at the time of admission which subsequently returned positive tests.
The details on the latest fatalities are below:
| SEX | AGE | REGION | DATE OF DEATH |
| Female | 65 | Demerara-Mahaica | July 27 |
| Male | 82 | East Berbice- Corentyne | July 30 |
| Female | 77 | Demerara-Mahaica | July 31 |
| Male | 64 | Essequibo Islands-West Demerara | July 30 |
| Female | 59 | Demerara-Mahaica | July 31 |
Only, this morning an unvaccinated nurse died while being treated in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit having contracted the virus. Additionally, a 31-year-old doctor, who is also unvaccinated, is in the ICU as well.
Meanwhile, 74 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
With this, the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana is now 22,597.
However, only 858 of these are currently active cases, that is, 12 patients in the COVID-19 ICU and the remaining 846 persons in either home or institutional isolation.
There are also four other persons in institutional quarantine.
Some 21,193 persons have recovered from the life-threatening disease.
