The Ghana Health Service has said 77% of total positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Ghana as at 17th April- 2020 have no history of travel.
Percentage of COVID-19 cases of travel history in Ghana from March to April is now 23% of 834 cases recorded so far.
The Ghana Health Service statistics indicate that male from 35 to 44 years with COVID-19 represent 80% and male from 15 to 24years is 70%.
Also, male under 15 years in the cases recorded represent 50% and those from 45 to 59 is 62% and those above 60 years is 58% respectively.
For females, those under 15 years are 50% those above 60 years is 45%.
This is after some 57,000 samples have already been successfully tested as of April 15, 2020. In the first batch of this backlog, an additional 198 be positive. This will bring Ghana’s total case count to 834 at the moment. The general public is however advised that this does not represent new infections that are occurring. It represents results from tests of a backlog of samples.
The laboratories have been working day and night to test this large number of samples. Hopefully in the next few days, all the testing would be completed.
Total samples tested so far now stands at 60, 916 with 1.37 % testing positive. The results of this backlog of samples when released do not mean the number of new cases recorded on the day of the report.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
