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Coronavirus: 18,000 test results still pending

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has observed that the results of a backlog of some 18,000 tests are still pending.

He explained, since the first two cases of infections were recorded in Ghana, “we have, till date, traced some 86,000 contacts, out of which we have test results of 68,591 contacts.”

He added, “the overwhelming majority of these contacts have been established in the last three weeks of the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi.”

Akufo-Addo his live televised address to the nation on Sunday [AApril 19,2020] noted, “Out of this number, 1,042 persons, i.e. 1.5%, have been confirmed as positive, with 67,549, i.e. 98.5%, testing negative; 99 persons have recovered and have been discharged; and 930 persons, who have been isolated, are responding to treatment either in their homes or in treatment facilities.”

He said the 930 persons, after their treatment, will again undergo the mandatory two tests to determine if they have also recovered from the virus or otherwise.



Source: www.ghanaweb.com

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