Another 27 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus out of 209 tests carried out within a 24-hour period.
According to the Ministry of Health’s updated dashboard for COVID-19 on Sunday, there are 603 active cases and one patient is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). There are 580 in home isolation and 22 in institutional isolation. Two people are in institutional quarantine.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country is currently at 1,271.
Of the 27 new cases recorded, four were from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), another two from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 20 cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and one remaining case from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
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In the other six counties across the country, no new cases were recorded within the 24-hour reporting period.
