29 april. on 30 april, exxonmobil and its partners donated gy$60 million (~us$290,000) for the fight against covid-19. forty million guyanese dollars would go to the cdc, the salvation army, and rotary guyana would receive gy$10 million each. may on 6 may 2020, it was disclosed that the tenth death to covid-19 was tested after the individual passed away due to complications from the virus. the victim was a 64-year-old man in the palms geriatric home. twelve staff members and 24 other bedridden persons were quarantined. the number of tests began improving, and up to that time, 714 persons had been tested. ten guyanese were arrested for trying to cross into brazil illegally and were placed in quarantine. the situation in brazil with regards to covid-19 did not deter crossings. on 10 may, another resident of palms geriatric home tested positive for the virus. on 11 may, it was reported that an 11-year-old girl, who was one of the first cases, still tested positive after 56 days and had to remain in quarantine. on 12 may, the virus was now present in seven regions. region 7 (cuyuni-mazaruni) was the newest region. the other regions had been 1 (barima-waini), 3 (essequibo islands-west demerara), 4 (demerara-mahaica), 6 (east berbice-corentyne), 9 (upper takutu-upper essequibo) and 10 (upper demerara-berbice). a man who was quarantined with covid-19 in lethem escaped and was captured after crossing the closed border brazil that same day, raising concerns about legalities and his contacts during the escape. on 20 may, random testing was performed among the presidential guard resulted in eight members testing positive for covid-19. august on 18 august 2020, seventeen were arrested for violating covid-19 restrictions put in place by police at montrose bar. it was announced on 19 august, that president irfaan ali would address the nation on the government's response to the covid-19 pandemic that night, amid a sharp rise of cases. the ministry of health (moh) reported that one other person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19) has died at the georgetown public hospital corporation (gphc). the deceased was a 43-year-old woman and a patient of the transitional ward at the gphc. upon admission to the gphc, a swab test was done and following her death, the results came back as positive. another two other persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19) have died at the bartica hospital (cuyuni-mazaruni), region 7. the patients who died at the hospital were a male and a female, age 55 and 41 respectively. to date, the country has recorded 776 confirmed cases of covid-19 of which 381 has recovered. there were 29 covid-19 related deaths. preventive measures all borders, airports, and ports are closed for passengers all schools have been closed a curfew has been instituted between 18:00 and 06:00 all non-essential businesses must close all post offices are closed everybody should stay at home except for essential journeys public transport may only carry half the number of passengers they are licensed to carry disputed territory with venezuela the international court of justice planned to discuss guyana and venezuela border dispute over guayana esequiba in march 2020. the hearing was postponed due to the pandemic. the first hearing was finally carried out on 30 june 2020, but venezuela did not participate saying that the icj lacked jurisdiction. the hearing was held by video conference due to pandemic. notable deaths john percy leon lewis (13 february 1943 – 7 april 2020), guyanese military officer and president of the guyana rugby football union samuel wilson (c.1942 – 9 september 2020), former toshao (indigenous village chief) of batavia, cuyuni-mazaruni statistics new cases per day active cases per day chronology of the number of active cases gaps in data completed using consulytic caribbean