Another COVID19 case confirmed; number at 75

Guyana has recorded yet another case of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total confirmed cases linked to the disease at 75, the Public Health Ministry reported. Dr. Ertenisa Hamilton, Director of Primary Health Care Services, who tuesday delivered the update on behalf of Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence, reported that an additional 14 persons have been subjected to the COVID-19 test which brings the total number to 478. Dr. Hamilton was keen to highlight that the number of negative cases increased to 403 while the COVID-19-related deaths remained at eight. Additional, five persons remain in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while 19 persons are in institutional quarantine and 52 in isolation facilities. “Of the 478 persons tested, 240 representing 53% of the positive cases are males and 238 representing 47% of the positives tested are females,” Dr. Hamilton said. For the global report, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are 2,878,196 confirmed cases with 198,668 deaths. In the Region of the Americas the number of confirmed cases is 1,140,520 with 58,492 deaths. Meanwhile, reporting on the impact of COVID19 on persons with underlying conditions was Dr. Aneisha MooreThorne, a Family Medicine Specialist attached to the Buxton Health Centre. Dr. Moore-Thorne in her report addressed those Hypertensive patients who are at an increased risk of developing the most complicated form of the COVID19. According to her, persons with hypertension can follow several simple directives to decrease their risk of contracting the virus. Additional, Dr. Moore-Thorne encouraged hypertensive persons to avoid stressful situations, or if unavoidable, manage them well to keep their blood pressure at a normal level. (Kaieteur News)