Covid-19: Ghana’s Case Count Reaches 1,671, Thirty-three More Persons Recover

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased from 1,550 to 1,671 as of Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

The number of recovered persons has also gone up to 188, after 33 patients tested negative twice for Covid-19.

This was announced by the Ghana Health Service Director-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, at a press briefing on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.

He noted that about 1,461of the Covid-19 cases are well or no symptoms and are responding very well to treatment.

However, about six persons are moderate to critically ill.

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“Ghana currently has 1,671 cases confirmed as at this morning. Out of this 568 has come from general surveillance which those who fall ill and approached the hospital and were tested. 105 still remains part of the earlier quarantined in Tamale and those we have from the enhanced tracing that’s the group that we actually went out to look for, we found a 1,113 bringing our total to 1,671. Currently, about 1,461 are well or no symptoms and are responding very well to treatment. We have about six who are moderate to critically ill, two (2) at UGMC, three (3) in Ga East, and one (1) in Korle-bu as we speak today all the other part of the country we do not have any other critical cases. For recoveries, we have recovered about 188 all these people have recovered and we are waiting on more for the second test to be discharged,” the Director-General of GHS said.

He also disclosed that Ghana has recorded five new deaths from the disease raising the death toll to 16