Ghana has the second-highest number of recoveries from the Coronavirus among West African nations monitored by the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
Ghana which has recorded 2,317 recoveries from the illness which has infected 7,117 persons and claimed 34 lives comes second to only Nigeria which has 2,385 recoveries from 8,344 confirmed cases and 249 deaths.
However, Ghana has a lower case fatality ratio (0.48%) as compared to Nigeria (2.98%).
Figures from the Africa CDC also indicates that Guinea has the third-highest number of recoveries in the region with 1,673 followed by Senegal (1,565) and Cote d'Ivoire (1,257).
President Akufo-Addo has hinted that Ghana's low case-fatality ratio could result in an easing of lockdown restrictions.
"Stakeholder consultations are taking place on the way forward towards the easing of restrictions, so that our social and economic lives can go back to normal. I expect these consultations to conclude this week, so that I can announce to Ghanaians a clear roadmap for easing the restrictions. We have to find a way back, but in safety, for we cannot be under these restrictions forever," the President said.
"I am fortified in this view by three considerations. Firstly, sad though any premature death is, the hard fact is that the rate of deaths in Ghana amongst confirmed cases is very low – one per one million, i.e. 0.0001%, one of the lowest in Africa, and, indeed, in the world, this, despite the very high number of tests we are carrying out. This has been so since the very beginning of the outbreak over two (2) months ago".
The President added that the number of critically-ill Coronavirus patients that required hospitalisation and ventilation support had also remained consistently low.
Ghana had imposed a three-week lockdown on three major cities (Greater Accra, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi) identified as coronavirus hotspots in March.
The president lifted the lockdown on April 20 but extended the ban on public gatherings that include Ghanian elaborate funerals, church services and schools.
Source: Daily Graphic
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i agree Kwesi, Yes based on ratios, Ghana has a higher recovery than Nigeria In addition, Ghana ratio wise has done more testing and detections than Nigeria guided by population numbers. The CDC should be looking at all these numbers before any pronouncement so as not to give member States a false sense of security.
I think Ghana is first in everything under Akofu Addo. Always praising themselves and nothing is working. We recorded our first 2 cases in March, now we have 7,117 cases and still counting and you are there praising yourself. What exactly do you do to stop the spread? only talk talk la.
Using absolute numbers is very unscientific. Because countries with higher number of cases are more likely to record more recoveries. The scientific approach is to use the rates. For instance one can look at number recovered over total number of cases. That for instance will show that Ghana has a higher rate of recovery (32%) than Nigeria (28%).