COVID-19 in Ghana: Confirmed cases now at 834
COVID-19 in Ghana: Confirmed cases now at 834
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The Ghana Health Service has established that the cases of COVID-19 in Ghana are now at 834. 193 new cases have been recorded. According to the Ghana Health Service, the increase in number is due to COVID-19 testing exercise. 99 patients have recovered from the Coronavirus disease in Ghana as at Saturday, April 18, 2020.

The general public has been advised to note that the number does not represent new infections that are occurring but a representation of results from tests of a backlog of samples.

As stated, “The Ghana Health Service is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing as part of the COVID-19 testing exercise.”

According to the Ghana Health Service, some 57,000 samples have already been successfully tested as of April 15th 2020. And out of this first batch of this backlog, an additional 198 be positive.

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“The laboratories have been working day and night to test this large number of samples. Hopefully in the next few days, all the testing would be completed. Total samples tested so far now stands at 60, 916 with 1.37 % testing positive. The results of these backlog of samples when released does not mean the number of new cases recorded on the day of the report.” A report by the Ghana Health Service.

Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Northern, Volta, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Western and North East.

COVID-19 in Ghana: Confirmed cases now at 834

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