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Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases have reached 620, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
This follows the confirmation of 76 new cases of infections, bringing the country’s total cases to 48,200.
In addition, the country’s health management body announced that 47,260 patients have recovered or been discharged, while 320 have succumbed to the disease so far.
The latest update said that as of October 29, 2020, three cases were critical, two of which were connected to ventilators, while eight were considered serious.
Active cases, the GHS said, were being handled at treatment sites, isolation centers across the country, while some were under home control.
So far, a total of 534,364 tests have been conducted, of which 187,327 were from Routine Surveillance, 304,038 from Enhanced Contact Tracing, and 42,999 from international travelers at Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
Of the total confirmed cases, 19,385 were from General Surveillance; 28,680 cases of contact tracing improved with 135 recorded cases of tests performed on international travelers at KIA.
In terms of regional breakdown, the Greater Accra region remains the focus of the disease with a case count of 25,203, followed by the Ashanti region, 11,008, and the western region, 2,980.
The rest are:
Eastern Region – 2,429
Central Region- 1,931
East Bono Region – 785
Volta Region – 682
North Western Region – 651
Bono Region- 550
Northern Region – 547
Ahafo Region – 528
Upper East Region – 358
Oti Region – 242
Upper West Region – 90
Savannah Region – 62
Northeast Region – 19
Meanwhile, the GHS has warned that a second wave of the pandemic could be more dire if people do not strictly adhere to the safety protocols outlined.
