[ 2021-02-02 ]

COVID-19: Ghana records 772 new infections

By Benjamin Adamafio Commey

Accra, Feb. 02, GNA - The Ghana Health Service
(GHS) has confirmed 772 new cases of infection of
the Coronavirus, raising the country’s active
case count to 5,515.

The country has also recorded eight new deaths
relating to the disease since the last update on
Sunday, January 31, 2021, bringing the death toll
to 424.

The new infections are from tests conducted as at
January 30, 2021.

The update further disclosed that 607 more people
have recovered since the last update, bringing the
total of clinical recoveries and discharge to
61,843.

Currently, 119 of the active cases, it said, were
in severe conditions, with 41 in critical
condition. These cases are being managed in
treatment sites, isolation centers across the
country, while some were under home management,
the GHS said.

Ghana has so far recorded a total of 67,782 cases
of the virus since it confirmed its first two
cases in March 2020.

Out of the total confirmed cases, 25,603 were from
the General Surveillance; 41,050 cases from the
Enhanced Contact Tracing, while 1,129 have been
recorded from international travelers disembarking
at the Kotoka International Airport since it was
reopened on September 1, 2020, the update stated.

A total of 783,432 tests have also been conducted.
Out of this, 243,167 are from routine
surveillance, 389,159 from contact tracing, and
151,106 from international travelers arriving
through the Kotoka International Airport. The
positivity rate is 8.7 per cent.

Currently, all sixteen regions have an active
case.

The Greater Accra Region remains the hotspot for
the virus in the country accounting for more than
50 per cent (3,127) of active cases and with a
cumulative case count of 39,742.

Ashanti Region has 884 active cases while its case
count now stands at 12,444, followed by the
Western Region with 339 active cases and
cumulative cases of 3,563.

Others are: Eastern Region has 155 active cases,
cumulative cases is 2,880; Central Region with 121
active case count, total cases now 2,321; Volta
Region, 183 active cases, total cases stands at
988; Bono East Region with 19 active cases and 814
case count and Western North Region has active
case count of 25 and cumulative cases of 712.

The rest are:
Northern Region – 107 active cases, 716
cumulative cases

Bono Region- 24 active cases, 667 cumulative
cases

Upper East Region – 196 active cases, 713 case
tally

Ahafo Region- 10 active cases and 548 cumulative
cases

Oti Region- Two active cases and 246 cumulative
cases

Upper West Region – 59 active cases and 211
cumulative cases

Savannah Region – One active case, 63 cumulative
cases

North East Region - Three active cases, 25
cumulative cases

Also, 260 active cases are from international
travellers (KIA)

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