COVID-19: Ashanti region records 175 new cases in three days LISTEN
FEB 4, 2021
The Ashanti Region has recorded 175 new cases of COVID-19 between January 31 and February 2, bringing the cumulative cases in the region to 12,619.
A total of 11,635 have, however, recovered out of the number, leaving 880 active cases, according to a situational report released by the Regional Health Directorate.
Sixty-seven (67) of the active cases are on admission with the remaining 813 being provided with home-based care.
Two people, according to the report, are in critical condition, 28 severe, 33 moderate and four mild.
The report said 32 out of the 43 districts in the Region currently had active cases with Kumasi Metro, Oforikrom and Asokwa being the top three with 285, 183 and 101 cases respectively.
The Ashanti Region has recorded 175 new cases of COVID-19 between January 31 and February 2, bringing the cumulative cases in the region to 12,619.
A total of 11,635 have, however, recovered out of the number, leaving 880 active cases, according to a situational report released by the Regional Health Directorate.
Sixty-seven (67) of the active cases are on admission with the remaining 813 being provided with home-based care.
Two people, according to the report, are in critical condition, 28 severe, 33 moderate and four mild.
The report said 32 out of the 43 districts in the Region currently had active cases with Kumasi Metro, Oforikrom and Asokwa being the top three with 285, 183 and 101 cases respectively.
He also opined that the case count in the school consisted of students and teachers.
According to a Starr News report, the infected students and teachers have been quarantined in a hotel at Akosombo for management of their cases.
Even though Dr Winfred Ofosu confirmed the situation, he did not disclose the name of the school adding that the Regional Health Directorate was yet to be furnished with a detailed report from the Asuogyaman District Health Directorate.
But Pulse Ghana sources say it s a very popular school in the region.
Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has now hit 433, according to the latest figures by the Ghana Health Service.
Children with underlying health conditions are prone to suffer covid-19 and suffer critical cases including death, based on antecedent events around the world Professor Sampson Antwi has said.
According to Professor Sampson Antwi, the Head of Child Health Directorate at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), children are now contracting the Covid-19 and succumning to it due to some underlying conditions.
A common disease among children which is more likely to weaken their system and intensify their condition, despite facts that children generally hardly suffer such severe cases, is Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C).
Professor Antwi, speaking on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo? show, noted that children who have had the MIS-C have succumed to the virus though not all. According to him, a boy diagnosed of same MIS-C condition contracted the virus but survived at their health facility.