COVID-19: Ghana records 8,070 cases

Ghana’s coronavirus cases has increased to 8, 070 cases. This was disclosed by President Akufo-Addo in his 10th national address Sunday evening. 

“Fellow Ghanaians, as at today, Sunday, 31st May, under these measures, we have conducted two hundred and eighteen thousand, four hundred and twenty-five (218,425) tests; the number of positive cases stands at eight thousand and seventy (8,070); two thousand, nine hundred and forty-seven (2,947) persons have recovered; thirty-six (36) have sadly died; thirteen (13) persons are severely ill, with three (3) critically-ill for which (1) is on a ventilator; and five thousand and eighty-seven are responding to treatment at home, isolation centres and hospitals,” he disclosed.

Per the new figures, 189 new cases have been recorded since the last update and 106 persons have also recovered from the disease.