DPHSS: The Latest News
The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) tested 38 individuals for COVID-19 on Thursday, March 26, 2020 with conclusive results. Eight (8) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and 30 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2.
A total of 308 tests were performed from March 12, 2020 through March 26, 2020 with conclusive results. To date, a total of 45 cases tested positive by DPHSS and 263 cases tested negative for COVID-19 with one death. All 44 remaining cases tested by the DPHSS Guam Public Health Laboratory are in isolation.
Additionally, Joint Region Marianas, working with the Government of Guam, coordinated the transport of four sailors, who tested positive for COVID-19, off of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to Guam. The patients are being treated at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam and remain isolated at U.S. Naval Base Guam in accordance with CDC protocols. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Moldy announced that additional crew members have tested positive and as a result, the entire crew of the aircraft carrier will be tested as well. Moldy added that the crew will remain at the pier while the testing is done and “No one on the crew will be allowed to leave anywhere into Guam other than pierside.”
For the latest information on the number of COVID-19 cases on Guam, visit the Guam Homeland Security’s website here.