Ghana’s Covid-19 death cases have shot up to 54 with 522 new cases recorded in less than 24 hours raising the total number of confirmed cases to 11,964.
This was announced by President Akufo Addo in his 11th televised address to the nation. President Akufo Addo noted that so far two hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and thirty-one (254,331) tests have been conducted. figures for patients who have fully recovered stands at four thousand, two hundred and fifty-eight (4,258).
The President called for calm saying the rising numbers should not create anxiety but rather should remind people on the need to continuously adhere to the safety protocols outlined by the health experts
“The number of severe and critically ill also continues to below. I am relating all these figures not to engender any false, feel-good factor, but as statements of fact, that must provide the context for us, when we examine our figure. If indeed, we are to be guided by the data, then we must look at the data in all its ramifications, not just one particular aspect of them. That is the proper way to do justice to the data, ” he added.
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President Akufo Addo indicated that “with fifty-four (54) deaths currently reported by the Ghana Health Service thus far in Ghana, the ratio of deaths to positive cases stands at 0.4%, compared to the global average of 5.5%, and the African average of 2.6%.”
As a way of ensuring strict compliance to the health protocols, to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the President said wearing of face mask will now be made compulsory countrywide with law enforcement agencies tasked to ensure its compliance.
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“Leaving our homes without a face mask or face covering on is an offence. The Police have been instructed to enforce this directive, which is the subject of an Executive Instrument,” he stressed.
According to him, “With the doctors and scientists telling us that the virus is transmitted from human contact, through talking, singing, coughing and sneezing, which results in sending droplets of the virus from one person to another, residents of these four regions, and, indeed, all Ghanaians, must remember that the wearing of masks is now mandatory.”
“I appeal to each and every one of you for your help in this regard. That is the surest way to realising our collective vision of building a new Ghanaian civilization where the rule of law is not a slogan, but a directive principle of state development; where we deliver social and economic transformation that has a meaningful impact on the lives of all our people” he concluded.
Source: Kojo Dei/ATLFMNEWS
