Sadly, forty (40) more people have died from COVID from 16th May to 23rd July 2021 bringing the cumulative number of deaths to eight hundred and twenty-three (823) since the onset of the pandemic.
Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Metropolitan areas remain the hotspots of infections.
As of Friday, 23rd July 2021, the Ghana Health Service report indicates that the total number of active cases stands at four thousand, five hundred and twenty-one (4,521).
A total of one million, four hundred and six thousand, and eleven (1,406,011) tests have been conducted, out of which one hundred and two thousand, one hundred and three (102,103) persons have been infected with the virus, and ninety-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-nine (96,759) persons have recovered.
Ghana`s daily infection rate for the past week is three hundred and fifty (350) cases.
In an address to the Nation by the President Of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, On Updates to Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic, On Sunday, 25th July 2021 said these increased infections have largely been driven by the Delta Variant of the virus, which, according to the World Health Organization, has increased transmissibility rates, and, in our case in Ghana, has led, in recent weeks, to a rise in hospitalization and ICU bed uptakes, and, tragically, deaths.
The president said “it is obvious from the data that we have let our guard down, with many going about their daily duties in clear breach of and disregard for the protocols. At a time when the economy is on the rebound, and business activities picking up, we must do everything possible to contain this outbreak. We cannot afford to return to the days of partial lockdowns, which brought considerable hardships and difficulties for all of us.”
“You returned me to office in the elections of 7th December with a clear and decisive mandate to protect lives and livelihoods, and steer our nation out of the grips of the pandemic, and onto a path of sustained economic growth and progress. Fortunately for us, we have tried and tested response protocols which we have implemented since March 2020. They have stood us in good stead, and we have no choice but to return to the strict implementation of some of them.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
