ACCRA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana’s case count of the novel Coronavirus is now 4,263, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported.
This latest update indicates that as of Saturday, May 9, 251 more cases were recorded with 378 recoveries.
Four more deaths have been recorded taking the death toll to 22.
This implies that, the number of active cases is now at 3,907.
A statement on the GHS website reads: “The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Ghana since the 12th of March 2020 is 4,263. There have been 378 recoveries and 22 deaths. Between the 7th and 8th May, a total of 251 new cases have been reported with the majority of them from the Greater Accra Region (205 cases representing 82%).”
The Greater Accra region still leads with 3,641 cases whilst the Ashanti region follows with 252 cases.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Anthony Akoto Osei, who is trapped in the US, the world’s epicenter for coronavirus is to be evacuated.
Reports say he has been in the US for over a month.
He had visited the States on official duty when President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the closure of Ghana’s borders on March 22 to prevent the importation of coronavirus.
The borders were initially closed for two weeks but the President extended the time, and they are now to remain closed until May 31st.
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had earlier dropped the hint about the stranded minister when Ghanaians stranded abroad were agitating for the reopening of the airport to enable them to return even in the midst of the Covid-19 scourge.
The United States has recorded an estimated 1.3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, 78,200 deaths and 183,000 recoveries.
Many Ghanaians who travelled outside the country for various reasons and were due to return home from February 2020 but could not do so due to air travel restrictions of various countries following the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic have been calling for government to evacuate them.
Though Ghana is yet to evacuate any of its citizens abroad, countries such as the US and UK have been evacuating their citizens from various countries including Ghana where thousands of foreigners have been airlifted back home due to the spread of coronavirus. — NNN-AGENCIES
