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Ghana Covid-19 - 45,388 cases; 285 deaths

https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/07/07/ghana-records-highest-daily-rise-as-covid-19-cases-exceed-21000/

The number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 21,077, with a record 992 new infections confirmed late Monday, said the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

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The latest data reported seven new deaths among the confirmed cases, increasing the COVID-19 death toll in Ghana to 129, with 4,878 active cases.

The country’s premier referral medical facility, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has announced the suspension of non-emergency surgical cases, as 91 of its medical professionals had tested positive for the virus.
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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 28: 6 - 12 July 2020
Data as reported by: 17:00; 12 July 2020
...
Coronavirus disease 2019 Ghana

24 518 Cases
139 Deaths
0.6% CFR

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The first two cases of COVID-19 in Ghana were confirmed on
12 March 2020 in two people who had returned to Accra from
Norway and Turkey. Greater Accra, Ashanti and Upper West
regions all recorded cases in March 2020 and remain the most
affected areas in the country. The number of new cases has been
increasing rapidly in recent weeks. As of 12 July 2020, there
was a cumulative total of 24 518 confirmed cases, with 139
deaths (case fatality ratio 0.6%). Of the new daily cases, 65%
are reported from Greater Accra, 10% from Ashanti and 10%
from Western regions. Routine surveillance accounts for 35% of
new cases, while enhanced surveillance through contact tracing
and quarantined travellers accounts for 65% of new cases. As
of 12 July 2020, a total of 421 (17%) confirmed cases has been
reported among health workers.

As of 3 July 2020, a total of 316 798 tests had been carried out,
with a positivity rate of 6.3% with a laboratory testing rate at 107
per 10 000 population per capita. The attack rate nationally is 70
per 100 000 population, but higher in Greater Accra Region at
239 per 100 000 population, Western Region at 87.2 per 100 000
population and Ashanti Region at 78.1 per 100 000 population.
All 16 regions of the country have recorded cases and the median
attack rate for the regions is 16 per 100 000 population. To date,
a total of 20 187 (82%) cases have been recorded as recovered
in Ghana.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

Ghana’s coronavirus preparedness and response plan
continues to be implemented and there are plans for
COVID-19 treatment centres to be expanded across the
country.

Because isolated cases have been reported in Senior High
Schools, the Minister of Education has outlined measures to
ensure the safety of students in educational institutions and
more than 200 people from the Ghana Health Service and
the Ghana Education Service have been deployed to monitor
COVID-19 cases in senior high schools.

The National Surveillance Team continues to scale up barcode
and SORMAS training for COVID-19 testing laboratories.
An initial consignment of laboratory supplies has arrived to
support the laboratory network involved in COVID-19 testing.
COVID-19 Risk Communication teams are visiting schools
and other institutions to deliver COVID-19 prevention
messages and have also engaged the coalition of health
NGOs across the country to intensify community education
on prevention.

SITUATION INTERPRETATION

The COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana continues to expand in terms
of confirmed cases, but few deaths have been reported, with the
country currently ranking fourth in confirmed cases in the WHO
Africa Region. At the beginning of June 2020, along with many
countries in the Region, Ghana started relaxing restrictions to
allow gatherings such as funerals and religious services of no
more than 100 people. Final year students of junior schools,
high schools and universities started returning from 15 June
2020. Cloth face masks are mandatory in the country when in
a public place. However, as is the case elsewhere in the Region,
the number of cases has started to rise as these restrictions have
been eased. Challenges remain around public health messages
on physical distancing, the use of cloth masks and hand
hygiene. Local and national authorities need urgently to scale
up community engagement and risk communication to remind
people of the importance of behaviour change in mitigating the
risks associated with COVID-19.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/333222/OEW28-0612072020.pdf
 
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