HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Guam’s 274th Covid-19-related fatality occurred at Guam Memorial Hospital on Dec. 2, 2021, the Joint Information Center reported Friday.
The patient was a 76-year-old woman who was vaccinated but had underlying health conditions. It was not indicated why the reporting took a month from the death.
The Department of Public Health and Social Services reported 243 new cases of Covid-19 from 1,802 tests run on Jan. 6.
A total of 122 cases were identified through contact tracing. To date, there have been a total of 20,594 officially reported cases and 274 deaths. The Covid-19 Area Risk score is 89.7. The ideal long-term goal is to sustain a CAR Score of 2.5 or less.
The Guam Memorial Hospital is seen on Oct. 17, 2021 in Tamuning.
