A first death related to the coronavirus took place in Guyana, in the night from Sunday to Monday at the hospital of Cayenne, indicated the Prefecture.
A 70-year-old patient with Covid-19 hospitalized in intensive care died at @ CHCayenne973
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According to a health source, it is a 70 year old man who had other pathologies. He was infected with Covid-19 and placed in intensive care since last week.
This septuagenarian was from the Amerindian village of Cécilia, in the commune of Matoury (10 km from Cayenne), Guyana "epidemic center" with 20 cases in mid-April, according to concordant sources. He died between “11 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday (between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday in Paris) 'in Cayenne, according to a medical source.
Ninety-seven cases of coronavirus in Guyana
It is the first death infected by Covid-19 in Guyana where the first cases were confirmed on March 4.
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➡️ 1 new case in #Guyane
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In total, 97 positive cases had been confirmed Sunday evening in Guyana (300,000 inhabitants) territory placed at stage 2 of the epidemic since April 4.
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