President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the construction of hospitals in some 88 districts across the country.
The President disclosed this in his eighth address to the nation on Sunday.
The standard 100 -bed facilities which will be in districts without hospitals will also have accommodation for staff. President Akufo-Addo also reiterated the government’s plans of building regional hospitals in the six new regions to boost healthcare delivery in the country.
Additionally, President Akufo-Addo gave an indication that work will soon commence on three infectious disease control centers for each of the zones of the country to improve Ghana’s testing capacities with regards to contagious illnesses. Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 1,550as of Sunday, April 26, 2020.
The updated case count comes after 271 more persons tested positive for the virus. Per the update, one more person has died while 21 additional recoveries have been confirmed bringing the total number of deaths and recoveries to 11 and 155 respectively.
Some of the new cases were confirmed in the Oti, Greater Accra, Ashanti and the Central regions. Out of the 271 new cases reported, about 75 of them were detected through routine surveillance while 196 were found positive through the enhanced contact tracing exercise.
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