The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to pay attention to the number of active cases while counting the number of recorded positive cases of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19).
According to him, a closer look at the number of active cases indicates that Ghana is steadily defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, attributing that to the fact that government’s policies are working.
During his 15th update on measures taken on the fight against COVID-19, President Akufo-Addo stated that within three weeks, ie from his last update to now, the number of active cases had dropped from 3,307 to 1847.
He noted that the North East, Savanna, Upper East and Upper West Regions had not recorded positive cases for some time, charging residents to do whatever they can to maintain their record.
However, he said the Greater Accra, Central Ashanti and Western have the highest rate of the virus.
Meanwhile, he said 40,567 persons have recovered,
adding that the recovery rates have improved from 89.5 to 95.1 per cent.
The number of deaths, he said stands 0.5 percent.
He added that there are no backlogs of tests at testing centres, stating that Ghana has conducted
427,121 tests so far.
He also said a survey revealed that 82 percent of Ghanains were seen using a mask; adding that out of that, only 44.3 percent used them correctly, urging all to continue wearing the masks and wearing it well.
Ghana/Atinkaonline.com / Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori
