The latest figure released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), says Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has seen a significant jump by a whopping 193 cases. This puts Ghana’s new national figure at 834 from the previous 641.
Four major cities in Ghana, Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema, are already on a three-week lockdown to try and reduce the spread of the deadly virus.
The sudden rise in the number of cases is making it doubtful if the current restrictions on movements, which has already been extended once, will be retained by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo in his next address due to the nation.
The government on Thursday revealed that it was expecting results from some 12,000 samples sent for testing.
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in a tweet last Thursday, said the processing will be in addition to 51,000 samples already tested as at Friday.
Contact tracing teams and lab technicians were tasked to trace some initial about 10,000 at-risk-persons but have already tested some 50,000.
<The enhanced testing programme makes Ghana the second most aggressive country in testing for Covid-19 in Africa.
Experts say early testing is key in helping a country take control of the spread and containment .
source: Nownewsgh
