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Ghana’s COVID-19 case tally has now hit 566, a figure that means it is the second country with more cases than in West Africa.

The country’s health service on Sunday confirmed over 100 cases that were detected over the weekend.

Ghana has so far recorded 8 deaths from the 566 cases with only four recoveries, according to officials.

The Ghanaian government said the increased cases were from enhanced surveillance exercises currently ongoing.

“Of the 566 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 292 were reported from the routine surveillance, 159 from enhanced surveillance activities and 115 from travellers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale,” a government statement said.

Cases are also fast spreading across the country with only two major cities, Accra and Kumasi currently on a lockdown.

Only Ivory Coast with 574 has more cases than Ghana’s confirmed coronavirus case tally.

Burkina Faso ( 497), Niger (529) and Nigeria (323) are the other countries in West Africa with high numbers.

Meanwhile Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Africa are the top five African countries with high covid-19 recovery figures.

South Africa (452) has the highest number of recoveries from the deadly virus followed by Algeria (460) as at April 12, 2020.

Egypt has also recorded appreciable number of recoveries which stands at 447 with Senegal and Burkina Faso from West Africa also recording 171 and 161 recoveries respectively.

Many African countries appear to be using different forms of treatments so far with many in West African and elsewhere resorting to some anti-malarial and HIV/AIDS drugs.

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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