Five teachers among 12 who test positive for COVID-19 cases increase to 183
Guyana has another 12 new cases of the COVID-19 disease. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, announced that the new cases were discovered among 42 tests conducted. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases to 183.
All the new positive cases are from Region One, which showed a 100 percent increase in that Region’s number of positive cases. Kaieteur News understands that about five teachers from Moruca are among the new cases. Giving a breakdown of the COVID-19 situation in Guyana, Dr. Persaud noted that there have been 2,048 tests so far with 1,865 being negative.
According to the CMO, 102 persons have recovered to date.“In institutional isolation, we now have 69 active cases and 24 cases in institutional quarantine. The number of COVID-19 deaths remains at 12. An analysis of all the positive cases indicates that 52 percent are males and 48 percent females The age groups with the most cases are the 2029, 30-39 and 40-49; in essence, we are talking about the adults. Of those groups, the 20-29 has the highest number.
Region Four has 56 percent of the cases, followed by Region Seven with 16 percent and Region One with 13 percent. The three regions represent 85 percent of all the COVID-19 cases. The other five regions combined have 15 percent of the cases,” he said. Dr. Persaud said too that the conclusions from this analysis clearly indicate that there is a need for behaviour change among the adult population especially men in the 20-29 age groups.
As such, the CMO noted the
Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) continues to implore citizens to take stock of their actions. “Our numbers indicate very clearly that our behaviour is still out of order. We are in COVID times and so it requires COVID behaviour adjustment. Hand washing, wearing a mask and practising physical distancing,” he said. Added to this, Dr. Persaud said that trends in the Caribbean and the rest of the world show some of the countries that managed to stop transmission have reported the emergence of new cases – a clear indication in most instances persons have returned to the practices of life before COVID-19. He noted that Guyana will begin the process of relaxing some measures and the experiences of countries that have embarked upon this before us must be taken into consideration.
(Kaieteur News)