COVID-19: Ghana’s Case Count Rises to 28,989

Ghana case count of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has seen a spike to 28,989 after 559 new infections were confirmed

The new cases according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) were confirmed in 36 districts across eight regions.

Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye giving an update on the country’s COVID-19 case management today [ July 21, 2020] said, so far, 25,331 persons have been discharged/recovered.

However, 153 individuals have died out of the virus.

This brings the country’s active cases to 3,505.

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“As of yesterday when we concluded our collation of the results we had 3,505 active cases, this represents 12.2 percent of all the cases ever reported. Our recoveries stand at accounting for about 84.7 percent of all cases reported. This gives us a cumulative figure from the 12th of March since we recorded our first case. We have recorded 153 deaths which accounts for 0.53 percent of cases.”, he said.

So far 353,752 tests have been conducted in Ghana since the country recorded its first two cases in March 2020.