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Ghana’s case counts of the novel Coronavirus has increased to 4,700. The recoveries have also shot up to 494. This was announced by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo in his ninth address to the nation on Sunday, May 10, 2020. “With our total number of infections standing at 4,700 with 494 recoveries, 5 persons being critically ill and 4,179 responding to treatment, 22 persons virtually all of them with underlying illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes and chronic liver disease have unhappily died,” the president said. Extension of ban on public gathering Meanwhile, President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the national ban on public gatherings including religious activities, festivals, and funerals till the end of May. The extension comes into full force after he signed the Executive Instrument to give effect to the new measure from Monday, May 11, 2020. As at Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 9.30pm, Ghana had conducted 160,501 tests and with total infections of 4,700 and 494 recover...

Ghana’s case count of COVID-19 has increased to 4,263. Total deaths have also increased to 22 while the recoveries have also hit 378. A statement on the Ghana Health Service website stated that: “The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Ghana since the 12th of March 2020 is 4,263. There have been 378 recoveries and 22 deaths. Between the 7th and 8th May, a total of 251 new cases have been reported with the majority of them from the Greater Accra Region (205 cases representing 82%) Disclaimer: All Information is provided by the Ghana Health Service official website on http://www.ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/

The number of COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased to 2,074. This means that 403 new cases have been recorded in the country. The number of recovered persons has risen to 212. One more person has also succumbed to the virus, according to the Ghana Health Service. This takes the death toll to 17. The Greater Accra Region currently has the highest number of cases, followed by the Ashanti and Eastern Regions. Regional breakdown Count of Cases per Region (Case Count from Highest to Lowest) Greater Accra Region – 1,795 Ashanti Region – 99 Eastern Region – 70 Central Region – 21 Oti Region – 19 Upper East Region – 19 Volta Region – 16 Northern Region – 13 Upper West Region – 10 Western Region – 9 North East Region – 2 Western North Region – 1 Savannah Region – 0 Bono Region – 0 Ahafo Region – 0 Bono East Region – 0

Ghana’s Coronavirus cases have increased 1,042. This was announced by President Akufo-Addo during his seventh address to the nation on the outbreak today, Sunday, April 19, 2020. “Since the first two (2) cases of infections were recorded on our shores, we have, till date, traced some eighty-six thousand (86,000) contacts, out of which we have test results of sixty-eight thousand, five hundred and ninety-one (68,591) contacts. There is, thus, a backlog of some eighteen thousand (18,000) tests whose results are yet to be received.” “The overwhelming majority of these contacts have been established in the last three weeks of the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. Out of this number, one thousand and forty-two (1,042) persons, i.e. 1.5%, have been confirmed as positive, with sixty-seven thousand, five hundred and forty-nine (67,549), i.e. 98.5%, testing negative; ninety-nine (99) persons have recovered and have been discharged; and nine hundred and thirty (930) persons, who have...

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 566. This comes after the Ghana Health Service confirmed 158 new cases. An update by the Ghana Health Service showed that new cases were also reported in the Western and Volta regions, which now become the ninth and tenth regions respectively to confirm cases of COVID-19. Health authorities attribute the increasing number of cases to the ongoing enhanced surveillance exercise. “As of 11 April 2020, 23:00 hrs, a total of 37,954 persons have been tested, with 566 being positive for COVID-19. The breakdown of the 566 positive cases are as follows: four (4) have been treated, discharged and tested negative, 552 cases have been categorised as mild disease on treatment, two (2) moderate to severe cases, none currently on ventilators and eight (8) have died,” the Ghana Health Service indicated on its website. Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Western, Volta, Northern, North East, Upper East, and ...