Ghana’s COVID-19 Active cases have jumped from 947 to one thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine (1,139) as of Friday, 6th November 2020, President Akufo-Addo has announced.
The total number of deaths now stands at three hundred and twenty (320), a great majority of them, still, with underlying illnesses, such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic liver disease, and asthma.
The number of daily infections is on the rise, from an average of twenty-five (25) new cases per day then, to an average of over one hundred and thirty (130) new cases per day in the course of the last two weeks.
In Greater Accra, except for two (2) districts, all districts have reported cases. In contrast, we have only seen a cluster of cases in the other regions from only a handful of districts. These figures give cause for concern, given what is happening in Europe and America, following the outbreak of the second wave of infections that is engulfing so many other countries.
An analysis of the active case data suggests that the Greater Accra Region accounts for some seventy-five percent (75%), with Ashanti, Bono, Eastern, and Western being responsible for sixteen percent (16%) of active cases.
The remaining eleven (11) Regions make up four percent (4%) of the cases, with arrivals at Kotoka International Airport responsible for the other five percent (5%).
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
