The Ministry of Health today recorded three fatalities as a result of the respiratory infection.
The latest fatalities have been identified as women; a 74 year old and two 64 year olds all from the Demerara-Mahaica Region (4).
The Ministry has also recorded 31 new COVID-19 cases, as of October 18. This takes the country’s total confirmed cases to 3,765. Twelve persons are in the COVID-19 ICU.
Meanwhile, among Caricom countries, Guyana’s death toll ranks fourth behind Haiti with 231 deaths, Jamaica 171 and Bahamas with 116 cases.
In relation to confirmed cases Haiti has recorded 8,946 cases, Jamaica – 8,274 and, Bahamas with 5,628 cases.