The Ministry of Health has announced that Guyana recorded 38 new cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) at the end of April 19. In addition, 13 people are currently housed in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
This takes the total confirmed case to 11,901 with 108,207 tests carried out to date.
Of the new cases reported, 22 are male and 16 are female.
The daily COVID-19 dashboard involved 77 people being institutionalized alone, 1294 in home isolation and 10 in institutional quarantine. The death toll is now 271 and 10,246 people have recovered from the virus.
Regional analysis shows that of the new cases, two have been recorded in Region One (Barima-Waini); 10 in Region Three (Essequibo-West Demerara Islands); 6 in the Demerara-Mahaica region; 3 in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice); 15 in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and 2 in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
The figures in the other regions – Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), and Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) – remained the same.