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Ghana Health Service chief executive Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye revealed during a press briefing that the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has been steadily declining.
This, he says, is based on the reduction in the number of active cases recently registered by health facilities.
He said that “active cases have dropped from over 8,000 to less than 5,000 in the past 4 weeks” and this, according to his report, was achieved before the start of the Covid-19 vaccination program on March 2. .
Giving details of the cases reported daily, Mr Aboagye said the number of cases reported in health facilities rose from 800 cases to around 400 in a month.
This development, he said, has resulted in the reduction of patient admissions to hospitals from a daily number of 270 to around 150 cases in the Greater Accra region, the epicenter of the pandemic.
In his remarks, the director mentioned that more than 200,000 people have had the first dose of vaccination while waiting for the second to start in April 2021.
Overall, Mr. Kuma-Aboagye reported that there were 81,299 (93.7%) discharges / recoveries, 656 deaths (0.76% CFR) and a total of 4,782 (5.5% ) active cases.
Currently, the number of people with critical cases admitted to hospital is 25, the total of severe cases is 66, and the total of mild to moderate cases is 86, bringing the total of cases to admission. to 177.
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