Ghana’s active cases of COVID-19 is 4,058 indicating a steep decline in the country’s disease burden, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, said on Sunday.
At a media briefing on the country’s COVID-19 Case Count and Management in Accra, he said the decline in the active cases was due to the high recovery rate, which was about 85 per cent.
“For instance, if you are at home and eight out of 10 positive cases recover from the virus, it means it is left with two disease burden and so the focus should be on the two, not the 10,” Dr Kuma-Aboagye said.
“So the decline in the disease burden shows that the COVID-19 strategies rolled out by the Government is working, therefore, we should continue observing the safety and preventive etiquettes.”
Giving the regional breakdown of the active cases, he said the Greater Accra Region, which had recorded more than 10,000 positive cases, now had only 2,422 active cases.
Currently, there are 3,372 active cases under home management, 387 in isolation facilities and 299 at treatment centres.