The Ghana Health Service, GHS, says 64.9% out of the total 378 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Ghana had no travel history. Again, 59.2% of those tested positive are Males while 40.8% are females.
According to the GHS, over the past eleven (11) days, several measures have been introduced to control and prevent further spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. Among these include restrictive movement in the hotspots of the outbreak, enhanced surveillance including intensive contact tracing and laboratory testing. These measures have resulted in a sudden increase in case detection, with a high number of cases being reported.
As of 09 April 2020, 10:00pm, a total of 37,405 samples (from routine and enhanced surveillance) have been collected. Out of these, 14,611 have been tested with 378 being positive for COVID-19. The breakdown of the 378 positive cases is as follows: four (4) have been treated, discharged and have tested negative, 366 cases have been categorized as mild to moderate disease on treatment, two (2) cases are currently on ventilators and six (6) have died.
All the 378 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 192 were reported from the routine surveillance, 71 from enhanced surveillance activities and 115 from travelers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale.
Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Northern, North East, Upper East, and Upper West regions.
The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service on Friday, April 10, 2020, confirmed five new cases of Coronavirus adding to the 16 cases recorded earlier spiking the total number to 21.
15 confirmed cases were recorded yesterday.
All 20 cases were recorded among 244 quarantined contacts in AFCON Construction Company in Lower Manya Krobo where an Indian ex-pat working on Tema to Akosombo railway project tested Positive on March 31, 2020.
All 21 persons tested Positive have been quarantined. The cases are expected to increase as more results are yet to be released.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
