At least 15 additional deaths to COVID-19 have been recorded bringing total fatalities to 405, latest figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reveal.
The active cases stand at 4,665 after 797 new cases were recorded in all 16 regions and from international travelers.
The country’s cumulative cases are now 65, 427 after more than 766,900 tests were carried out from routine surveillance, enhanced contact tracing and at the Kotoka International Airport.
In all, 238, 836 tests have been conducted from routine surveillance, 381, 178 from contact tracing and 146, 918 at the airport. At least 1,112 positive cases were detected among international travelers out of which 811 have recovered so far.
Recoveries
A total of 60, 357 recoveries have been recorded since the virus first entered the country in March 2020.
According to the GHS, there are at least 125 severe cases and 44 critical one. No one is on a ventilator.
Cumulative cases per region
Greater Accra Region – 38,111
Ashanti Region – 12,154
Western Region – 3,498
Eastern Region – 2,841
Central Region – 2,269
Volta Region – 944
Bono East Region – 814
Western North Region – 711
Northern Region – 672
Bono Region – 657
Upper East Region – 577
Ahafo Region – 545
Oti Region – 246
Upper West Region – 188
Savannah Region – 63
North East Region – 25
Impose lockdown
Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, wants the government to impose a two-week lockdown to help contain the alarming spread of COVID-19.
Speaking to Asaase News, Prof Gyampo said Ghana’s failure to tap into the experience of countries that held elections amidst COVID-19 is to blame for the upsurge.
“The COVID cases that we are having now is a self-inflicted issue. What were we expecting, in the lead up to the 2020 elections, some of us argued on the need for us to tread cautiously, countries had held elections amidst COVID,” Prof Gyampo said.
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