Ghana has recorded 518 new COVID-19 cases as Active cases increase from 5,928 to 6,276 in the Ghana Health Service`s latest report.
Death toll from March 2020 to 30th July 2021 stands at 844 and cumulative confirmed cases 105,512 with 98,392 recoveries and discharge.
At the end of the fourth National Executive Council meeting in Accra, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for the scale-up of free covid-19 testing in hot spot areas across the country.
The association also called for enhanced contact tracing as well as strict isolation and management of all infected persons at designated centers.
These measures, according to the GMA will help deal with the spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.
“The Covid-19 situation in the country is alarming and dire at this particular moment especially with the rapid spread of the Delta variant in our communities.
“The risk of further exponential rises in the number of Covid-19 cases and its attendant strain on our already overstretched and fragile health system as well as the national economy cannot be overemphasized or discounted.
“The various major health facilities involved in the management of moderate, severe, and critically ill COVID-19 patients continue to see an increasing rate of infections and related deaths.
“The GMA calls for an urgent scale-up of free and enhanced COVDI testing in our communities especially in all identified COVDI10 h0t spots, contact tracing as well as strict isolation and management of all infected persons at designated centers together with strict adherence and enforcement of all Covod-19 Preventive protocols to help break the chain of transmission.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
