A/R: COVID-19 active cases jump from 79 to 511 within a month
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has disclosed a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in the region within a period of a month.
During the Christmas festivities, COVID-19 case tally in the region stood at 18 but increased to 79 on 13th January 2021 creating anxiety among the management COVID-19 cases in the region.
He said, 10 out of the total active cases are in critical condition at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) receiving intensive medical care.
The increased cases are partly blamed on social activities such as funeral, church gatherings, among other social events without strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols in the region.
The latest data of 511 cases from the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service point to the fact that the holding centres are likely to become full if people continue to disregard all the protocols approval to fight the virus.
He added the government has established two additional testing centres located at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Agogo South Hospital to support the work of KCCR which is conducting majority of COVID-19 sample testing in the region.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
