Ghana’s number of Pandemic COVID-19 cases has reached 10,201, after recording 563 new cases on Tuesday.
The number of deaths now is 48 and the number of recoveries stands now stands at 3,755.
Ghana currently has 6,398 active cases of Covid-19 as of June 9, 2020.
Meanwhile, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has so far buried 16 persons who had died from COVID-19 in Accra with the youngest and the eldest being nine (9) and eighty-four (84) years old respectively.
Head of the Environmental Health Department of the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi who disclosed this said 27 families of the 48 persons who died from COVID-19 had registered with her outfit for the burial of their relatives out of which 16 bodies have so far been interred.
She added that all the Christians were buried with coffins donated by the family members while the Muslims were buried with body bags.
In a related development; Former President Jerry John Rawlings has cautioned Ghanaians not to let down their guard on the dangers of the Covid-19 virus until it has been contained.
The former President who made the call during a courtesy call on him by 95-year-old Ex-Private Ashiteye Hammond, a World War II veteran on Tuesday, said, “I don’t want to take any chances and I think we should all cooperate to handle the pandemic as seriously as we can.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
