Over 200 persons recovering from COVID-19 are awaiting a second negative test in order to be discharged.
This was made known by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye, at a press briefing today, May 05, 2020.
The current case count in the country stands at 2,719, with 294 recoveries and 18 deaths.
Addressing the media, the Ghana Health Service Boss indicated that over 129,000 persons have been tested so far.
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana’s largest lab testing for coronavirus in the country has completed testing the backlog of about 18,000 samples, giving it room to now test and report on samples within 24 hours, Dr Aboagye also revealed.
He stated that the last batch of the backlog was cleared over the weekend and the results are part of the new 550 cases confirmed in the last Ghana Health Service update.
Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
