Ghana now has 834 COVID-19 cases — but these are not new cases
Latest numbers from GHS’ Disease Surveillance Department is not as scary as it seems when you look at it from the numbers
The latest updates from the Ghana Health Service’s Disease Surveillance Department show an increase in COVID-19 cases. The cases have risen to 834, up from 641.
However, GHS says these are not new infections but results from a backlog of samples. The service hopes to clear all backlog in the next few days.
After the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing, the confirmed cases have increased.
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Total samples tested so far now stands at 60, 916 with 1.37 % testing positive. The results of these backlog of samples when released does not mean the number of new cases recorded on the day of the report.
Regions that have reported cases so far are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Northern, Volta, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Western and North East.