COVID-19 cases in Ghana rise to 9
Ghana has recorded two more of the deadly COVID-19 disease bringing the total number of cases to nine.
The latest figure was revealed by the President on Wednesday during a
Breakfast Prayer Meeting at the Jubilee House with Christian Religious
Leaders in Ghana.
“The World Health Organization tells us that some 180,000 infections
and some 7000 deaths have been recorded from this pandemic. We also
learned, sadly on Wednesday, that 3 Ghanaians living abroad had lost
their lives as a result. With 9 confirmed cases of infections, we might
as well count ourselves lucky as one of the countries least hit by the
Coronavirus.”
The identities of the two new infected persons are not yet known and
it is also unknown if they were community spread or imported cases.
The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 200,000 people around the globe after doubling in less than two weeks.
Between the start of the outbreak in December and March 7, there were 100,000 confirmed cases recorded.
But another 100,000 people have been infected in just 11 days since then, largely due to a surge in cases in Europe.
The John Hopkins University, which announced cases had surpassed the 200,000 mark, also recorded 8,006 deaths.
The current death toll suggests 4 per cent of patients who catch the virus die from it.
But experts say the death rate is probably
lower than that because the true number of infections is much higher is
far greater because some countries, including the UK, are only testing
people hospitalised by the illness.
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