Ghana has recorded 427 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 within the last 48 hours sending the country’s total number of cases to 5, 127.
According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Out of the 427 coronavirus cases, 272 came from Obuasi in the Ashanti region alone.
Recoveries still remain at 494 with another 130 patients awaiting their second negative test to be declared recovered. 22 people have so far died from the killer bug with active cases at 4, 611.
Addressing the press, Dr. Kuma-Aboagye explained that the Tema metropolis has become a major hotspot for the highly infectious disease. He added that more attention is being paid to Tema in order to maintain infections there.
In the Ashanti region, Kwadaso, Oforikrom all in Kumasi, and the Obuasi are the major hotspots for the killer bug. In the Volta region, Ketu South is the major hotspot with some cases from Kpando.
Of the 5,127 cases, 1,474 were recorded from routine surveillance, 115 are travelers who were put into mandatory quarantine upon arrival and the remaining 3,538 were identified from enhanced surveillance.
