Covid-19: Ghana records 15,472 cases with 11,433 recoveries

Ghana has recorded 459 new cases of the coronavirus cases bringing the total number of cases to 15,472, the Director General of the Ghana Health, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye Service has said.
Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye said this at the Ministry of Information’s Covid-19 press briefing in Accra.
The news cases in 34 districts within nine regions of Ghana.
11,433 recoveries have been recorded and death toll has been pegged at 95.
“Currently, as of today, we have recorded 15,472 cumulative cases from the first day the number of persons who have tested positive in the country. Out of this, 9,146 has come enhanced contact tracing. Either for now, we are looking at risk screening among others that is also part of the institutional data we are getting and some of the testing of contacts. 6,327 has also come from general surveillance which is for those who present symptoms which suggest that they may be positive. Of this 15,472, 11,433 have recovered and are home or at their workplaces.”
“Currently, we have about 22 people who are severe, six are critical, and 95 deaths. So the total active cases 3947,” he added.
 
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