The patient was a 55-year-old male with underlying conditions that were further compounded Covid-19. He was admitted to the Guam Memorial Hospital on October 20 after testing positive at a private clinic earlier that day.
The 83rd Covid-19-related fatality also occurred at GMH at approximately 8:27 p.m. Wednesday. The patient was a 55-year-old male with comorbidities that were further compounded Covid-19. He was admitted to GMH on October 20 and tested positive upon admission.
“While no words can take away the pain of losing someone close, I hope you can accept our heartfelt condolences and sympathies,” said Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero. “In scripture, we are told at dawn, life blossoms and renews itself; at dusk, it withers and dries up. It seems our dawns have not kept up with our dusks. As we mourn another soul lost to Covid-19, let us remember that our life is precious and fragile and our actions are not absent any consequences.”
To date, there have been a total of 4,903 officially reported cases of Covid-19 with 83 deaths, 1,592 cases in active isolation and 3,228 not in active isolation.
Of the 91 new cases, 36 were identified through contact tracing. One case reported recent travel from the United States and was identified in quarantine.
For information on Guam’s Covid-19 cases, visit the official Covid-19 Situation Report and Dashboard at http://dphss.guam.gov/covid-19
