More than 50 per cent of the 95 COVID-19 deaths recorded in the country so far have happened within two days of admission at treatment centres, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has actually revealed.
According to the Director-General of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the late reporting of signs to helplines and other channels, contributed to this unfortunate incident.
He, has, therefore, advised the general public to report symptoms including heats, fever, and dry cough to the helpline for early medical attention and possible healing.
At the COVID-19 rundown in Accra on Thursday, he said “more than 50 to 60 of all deaths occur within 48 hours of admission.
According to Dr Kuma-Aboagye, patients in critical condition also had high healing rate, citing an example of an Intensive Care Unit where 3 out of 36 clients admitted had passed away.
He said bulk of the deaths had actually been tape-recorded in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, keeping in mind that with the improvement of case management, the deaths might be avoided.
On the case count, he disclosed that 460 new cases had actually been taped in 34 districts in 9 areas of the nation pushing the nationwide cumulative figure to 15, 472.
Dr Kuma-Aboagye stated active cases were 3,947, healings, 11,431 with the condition of 22 patients serious and six in vital condition.
Of the brand-new cases, he said 293 representing 64 percent were in Greater Accra with the rest in the 8 other regions, consisting of Eastern Area, 45; Western Area 44; Ashanti Area 42, Northern Region 18, Bono, 12 and the rest recording less than five cases.
Dr Kuma-Aboagye, revealed that averagely, 210 cases were taped daily, a sign that the country’s cases were decreasing hence recommended the public to comply with various protocol to even more lower the spread of the infection.
He required increased preventive steps at offices considering that they had ended up being the hotspots for the virus.
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