Ghana’s COVID-19 cases hit 1,042
By Morkporkpor Anku – (Accra-Ghana)- Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that Ghana’s COVID-19 cases has shot up to 1042 cases representing 1.5 per cent of total test results.
He made this announcement during his address to the nation on April 19, 2020.
He said 86,000 contacts have been traced so far with 68,591 tested. He added that 18,000 results are yet to be received.
He said sixty seven thousand, five hundred and forty-nine (67,549), representing 98.5 per cent, tested negative; ninety-nine (99) persons have recovered and have been discharged; and nine hundred and thirty (930) persons, who have been isolated, are responding to treatment either in their homes or in treatment facilities.
These nine hundred and thirty (930) persons, after their treatment, will soon undergo the mandatory two (2) tests to determine if they have also recovered from the virus or otherwise.
The country also recorded nine deaths.
The President said the reason for the increase in the case count is as a result of the effective contact tracing done after the partial lockdown adding that the decision to impose restrictions were backed by data at hand.
He said this has enabled the country to identify and isolate infected persons, protect the population from further infections, and contain better the spread of the virus. Indeed,
The President said Ghana was the only other country in Africa to have conducted more than sixty thousand tests, and “we are ranked number one in Africa in administering of tests per million people.
President Akufo-Addo said the decision to impose restrictions on movement was backed by the data at hand, and government’s next course of action, again, was backed by data and by science.
“Indeed, all that Government is doing is intended to achieve five key objectives to limit and stop the importation of the virus; contain its spread; provide adequate care for the sick; limit the impact of the virus on social and economic life; and inspire the expansion of our domestic capability and deepen our self-reliance,” he added.
